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KELANTAN TRENGGANU

BOUSTEAD & Co., LTD., General Merchants, Shipping, Estate, Insurance and Forwarding Agents-Tumpat; Cable Ad: Boustead. Head Office: Sin- gapore

CYCLE TRADING Co.-Kota Bharu: Cable Ad: Cycle, Kelantan; Codes: A.B.C. 5th and 6th edns. and Bentley's

Agents for all the Leading makes of

Bicycles and Motor Cycles

EMBAR CONCRETE BRICK AND TILE WORKS, Building Contractors, Manufacturers of Concrete Blocks, etc. Office: Kuala Krai, Ulu Kelantan. Works: Sungie Durian

C185

KELANTAN ST. ANDREW SOCIETY

Chieftain W. Graeme Anderson,

Manek Urai

Hon. Secy.-T. G. Peddie, Kuala

Gen Estate

MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.-Kota Bharu; Cable Ad: Paradise; Codes: Bentley's A.B.C. 5th edn, and Private

J. H. Wichers, agent

SOON THYE, CHOP, The, Durian Cake Manufacturers Works: Kampong China, Kota Bharu, Kelantan; Cable Ad: Lempok

TRENGGANU

With a territory of about 5,650 square miles, an extensive sea board, and a population at the 1931 census of 179,789, Trengganu is the least developed of all the Malay States. Itlies between latitude 3°53′′ and 5°51′′ North latitude and the meridians of 102° 23′ and 103° 30' 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

There are 147 miles of road open to traffic. by good native paths and rivers. The latter, however, are not navigable beyond a certain point from the sea owing to rapids. There are no railways (except for 3 light railways on Minės).

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

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, Besut and Kuala Byang. There are small local telephone exchanges at Kuala Trengganu, Kema- man and Besut.

A branch of the Mercantile Bank of India was opened in April, 1936. The total net value of trade of the State in 1936 was $13,713,309 as against. $12,946,658, in 1935.

The chief exports in 1936 were:

Copra

obs Dried Fish

Tin Ore...

Haematite

Manganese

Para Rubber

Arecanuts

The chief imports in 1936 were:

1.

Rice.... Sugar

Tobacco, Cigarettes and Cigars Cotton Stuffs.

Petroleum

...

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$ 183,927

647,597 755,779 3,496,955

214,097 2,236,273

69,016

1,369,556 119,561 385,102

cria

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:

324,851

...

281,299

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