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TRENGGANU

With a territory of about 5,000 square miles, an extensive sea-board, and a popula- tion at the 1931 census of 179,789, Trengganu is the least developed of all the Malay States It lies between latitude 4° and 5° 55′ North longitude and the meridians of 102° 20′ and 103° 20′ East Longitude. The capital is Kuala Trengganu situated on both banks of the mouth of the Trengganu River, with a population of 13,972.

Communication with the interior is The latter, however, are not navigable beyond a There are no railways (except for 3

There are 145 miles of road open to traffic. by good native paths and rivers. certain point from the sea owing to rapids. light railways on Mines).

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A sixty six-mile trunk road from Kuala Trengganu to the Northern boundary of the State has been completed and opened to traffic.

Regular steamship communication is maintained with Singapore and Bangkok, and locally built motor-boats maintain a passenger service along the Trengganu coast.

During the North-East Monsoon, from November till March, the weather is at times such as to close the coast to shipping for short periods. The rainfall and temperature conditions are similar to those in the other Malay States.

Telegraph communication was established with Singapore in 1922. Telegraph offices are at Kuala Trengganu, Kretai, Dungun, Kemaman and Basut.

There are small local telephone exchanges at Kuala Trengganu, Kemaman and Besut.

The total net value of trade of the State in 1933 was $6,696,330 as against $6,338,353 in 1932.

The chief exports in 1933 were:

Copra

Dried Fish

Tin Ore

Haematite

Manganese

Para Rubber

Arecanuts

The chief imports in 1933 were:

Rice

Sugar

Tobacco,. Cigarettes and Cigars

Cotton Stuffs

$ 159,730 783,691

403,596 1,510,867

82,500

,577,715

92,588

$ 110,213

72,021

150,783

257,469

154,611

Petroleum

The Malays are ingenious and industrious, and excel as boat-builders and fishermen. They also engage

in silk weaving, net making, and

and iron,

brass and nickel manufacturing.

The revenue of the State for the year 1933 A.D. (22/8/50 to 4/9/51 A.H.) amounted to $1,165,578 and the expenditure to $1,060,306, the corresponding figures being as above.

By an agreement between His Majesty's Government and the Government of Trengganu, dated 24th May, 1919, the then Sultan agreed to receive a British Adviser in place of an Agent, whose advice must be asked and acted upon in all matters affecting the general administration of the country.

The indebtedness of the State at the end of 1933 stood at $4,177,966. This sum represents $3,610,000 principal and $567,966 arrears of interest owed to the Govern- ment of the Straits Settlements. The State obtained a loan of $1,000,000 in 1923 for