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FEDERATED MALAY STATES

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wages and other advantages. An Agricultural Department to foster agricul tural interests, to encourage the cultivation of new products, to conduct experiments and to be a general source of information for planters, is doing;

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In the Federated Malay States there are approximately 59,642 children! attending English and Malay Schools conducted or supported by the Govern- ment. In addition to these schools there are a number of Chinese and Tamil vernacular schools which are either Government aided, or under private management.

In the three western States there is a law compelling the attendance of Malay children who live within reasonable distance of a school. In recent years there has been an increased demand by Malays for vernacular and English'

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The total area of the Federation is 27,540 square miles, with a population in 1936 of 1,847,951. The principal towns are Kuala Lumpur (Sel.), 'pop.: 118,521; Ipoh (Pk.), 55,882; Taiping (Pk.), 33,076; Seremban (N.S.), 24.323 ; and Klang (Bel.), 23,085.

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DIRECTORY

THE RULERS

H.H. the Sultan of Perak-Paduka Sri Sultan Iskandar Shah, 4.C.M.G., ·K.C.V.ól,

ibni al-Marhum Sultan Idris Rahmat-u'llah Shahaba

H.H. the Sultan of Selangor H.H.-Sultan Ala'idin Sulaiman Shah, 6.c.M.d., ibni

al-Marhum Raja Muda Musa

H.II. the Yang di Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan H.H. Tuanku Abdul Rahman,

K.C.M.G., ibni al-Marhum Tuanku Muhammad"

H.H. the Sultan of Pahang

H.H. Abu Baker Riayatu'd-Din al-Mu'adzdzam Shahr, C. M.G., K.C.M.G., ibni al-Marhum al-Mu'tasim Bi'llah al-Sultan Abdu'llah

Hon. the Adviser, Medical Services,

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FEDERAL COUNCIL

Official Members

Hon, the Chief Secretary to Government Hon. the British Residents:

Hon. the Legal Adviser

Hon. the Financial Adviser

His Excellency the High Commissioner

(et-oficio)

Hon. the Controller of Labour

Hon. the Commissioner Customs &

Excise

Hon. the Adviser on Education, Ma-

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Hon. the Secretary for Chinese Affairs Hon. the General Manager, F.M.S.

Railways

Hon. the Adviser icon Agriculture,

Malay States

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Hon. Major R. L. Nunn, D.s.o! (advi- ser, Public Works Malay States) (acting)

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Unofficial Members

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Hon. Mr. H. B. Egmont Hake Hon. Dato Sedia Raja abdullah bin Haji Dahan, C.BlE. (Undang of Rembau) Hon. Tengku Sulaiman ibni Al-marhum

Al-Sultan Ahmad al-Maazam Shah, C.M.G. (Tengku Besar of Pahang) Hon. Mr. S., N, Veerasamy Hon. Colonel C. Rae ́s Hon. Mr. T. R. A. Windeatt

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