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JOHORE

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The estimated population of the State in 1937 was 613,510, of whom 930 were Europeans, 267,500, Malays, 268,300 Chinese, 72,600 Indians and 4,180 others. The Chinese are chiefly found as cultivators of rubber.

Imports Exports

Total

1936 $ 38,908,158 $ 76,897,361

$115,805,519

1937 $ 47,288,555 $102,962,706

$150,251,361

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European and Chinese have taken up large areas for planting, chiefly rubber, pineapples and coconuts. The export of tapioca was 12,604 piculs in 1937, as compared with 58,783 piculs in 1936, and the value were $223,874 and $85,707 respectively. The export of rubber in 1937 amounted to 2,067,153 piculs, valued at $86,349,336 against 1,495,527 piculs in 1936 valued at $59,348,483.

A remark-.

able feature of the rubber industry in this State is the large amount of land taken up by the Japanese. In 1937, 742,055 piculs of copra, valued at $1,666,559 and 286,602 piculs of areca-nuts, valued at $1,785,529 were exported.

At the present time the principal exports of Johore are the carefully cultivated rubber, copra, gambier, pepper and areca-nuts, and the natural products of tin, timber, rattans and damar. For almost all such produce Singapore is the port of shipment.

Johore is rich in iron ore, and a mine is being successfully worked by Japanese in Batu Pahat and 519,339 tons of ore worth $2,596,696 were exported in 1937. The export of tin ore in 1937 amounted to 18,104 piculs.

DIRECTORY

GOVERNMENT

SULTAN His Highness Sir IBRAHIM, G.C.M.G., K.B.E., G.B.E., Sovereign of the Most Esteemed Darjah Karabat (Family Order) and the Most Honourable Darjah Mahkota Johore (Order of the Crown of Johore), First Class Osmanieh Order, First Class Order of the Crown of Rumania, and First Class Order of the White Elephant of Siam; "Grand Croix" of the Ordre Royal du Cambodge and "Grand Croix" of the Ordre Imperial du Dragon de l'Annam; First Class Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun of Japan; Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (Hon.); Colonel Commandant, Johore Military and Volunteer Forces and Hon. Col. Johore Volunteer Engineers. Born 17th Sept., 1873. Proclaimed 7th Sept., 1895; crowned 2nd November, 1895

Private Secretaries-Major The Hon. Dato H. Md. Said, D.P.M.J., P.I.S. and Capt. The

Hon. S. Abdullah, S.M.J., P.I.S.

of Councils --- Inche Esa bin Abdullah, S. Ahmad bin Ali (Acting)

COUNCIL OF STATE

Clerk

President-Mentri Besar

Vice-do- Deputy Mentri Besar

OFFICE OF MENTRI BESAR

Mentri Besar-The Hon. Y. M. Ungku A. Aziz bin A. Majid' D.K., C.M.G. Deputy Mentri Besar H. H. Tunku

Temenggong Ahmad, D.K., P.I.S.

GENERAL ADVISER'S OFFICE

Genl. Adviser-W. E. Pepys Personal Assistant-Inche Ahmad Keppel

bin Jaafar

Stenographer-IncheAtan bin Mohd. Yasin Clerks Sheikh Ahmad bin A. Rahman

and A. Majid bin Awaldin