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THE EAST COAST OF SUMATRA

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The port of Belawan Deli, at the mouth of the Belawan River, is in communication with Medan by road and railway, the lines of which extend a long distance up country, giving also communication via Tandjoeng Poera and Pangkalan Brandan with Koeta Radja (Atcheen) and to the south via Tebing Tinggi, with Tandjoeng Balei (Asahan), Koeta Penang and, via Pematang Siantar, to the west with Sibolga, Fort de Kock, Padang, Korintji. Improvements and extensions to the road system are being carried out by degrees. Other important ports are those of Pangkalan Braudan, Tandjoeng Poera, Tandjoeng Balei, Bengkalis, Bagan Si Api Api and Laboean Bilik and Pakan- baroe. There are Wireless Stations at Medan, Bengkalis and Bagan Si Api-Api. Brastagi and Prapat, the former nearly 5,000 feet above the sea level and the latter on the shores of the Toba Lake are popular holiday resorts with modern hotels where golf, bathing and riding may be enjoyed. At the last census (1930) the East Coast of Sumatra had a population of 1,673,623, Medan being credited with approximately 75,000.

DIRECTORY

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE-Medan

Governor of the East of Sumatra-Jhr. B.

C. C. M. M. van Suehtelen

Assistant Resident-A. S. L. Spoor Secretary-G. W. Fris

Controller-H. J. de Groot

Adjutant Secretary-A. Neijhoff

Officers of the General Treasury-A. F.

H. P. van Asperen and K. Muns

ADMINISTRATIVE DEPTS. OF THE GOVT. OF EAST COAST OF SUMATRA I. Afdeeling Deli en Serdang, (Medan) Assist. Resident-M. van Rhijn Afdeeling Secretary-A. A. Scharff a. Onderafdeeling Beneden Deli (Medan) Controller, Medan-H. D. von Meyenfeldt b. Onderafdeeling Bovan Deli (Arnhemia) Controller-M.Klaassen

.C.

Onderafdeeling Serdang (Loeboek

Pakam)

Controller-

d. Onderafdeeling Padang en Bedagei

(Tebing Tinggi)

Controller-W. Ph. Coolhaas

II. Afdeeling Langkat (Bindjei) Assist. Resident-Dr. R. J. W. Reys

-a. Onderafdeeling Beneden Langkat

Directly under the Assistant Resident Controller (with residence Pangkalan

Brandan) C. Baalbergen

b. Onderafdeeling Boven Langkat (Bindjei) Controller-W. Ph. Coolhaas

III. Afdeeling Asahan, (Tandjoeng Balei) Assistant Resident-Dr. V. E. Korn

Controller-J. W. Burger

a. Onderafdeeling Asahan (Tandjoeng Balei) under the Assist. Resident of the department

b. Onderafdeeling Batoe Bara, (Laboehan

Roekoe) Controller-

Adj. Chief Clerk-Radja Ismail Machlan c. Onderafdeeling Laboehan Batoe

(Rantau Prapat)

Controller G. L. Tichelman

IV Afdeeling Simeloengoen en de Karolanden, Pematang Siantar Assist. Resident-Dr. F. J. Nieboer

a. Onderafdeeling Simeloengoen, (Pematang Siantar) Under the Ass. Res. of the Department Controller-

b. Onderafdeeling Karolanden, (Kaban Djahe)

Controller-B. J. van den Berg

V Afdeeling Bengkalis (Bengkalis) Assist. Resident-A. L. Platt. Controller-W. F. van den Berg (hulpger.) a. Onderafdeeling Bengkalis, (Bengkalis)

Under the Asst. Resdt. of the Department Gezaghebber A. J. van Es

b. Onderafdeeling Siak (Siak Sri Indrapoera)

Controller-G. R. Steinstra

c. Onderafdeeling Bagen Siapiapi (Bagan Siapiapi) Controller-B. van Duuren

INSPECTEUR VAN FINANCIËN DER 1E KL. Inspecteur van Financiën der le kl., Hoofd

der Inspectie-J. M. Lakeman.