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TRENGGANU-KEDAH

WESTERN DIVISION

State Commissioner, West Dato' Sangsura Pahlawan (Haji Wan Long

bin Ahmad)

Assist. State Commissioner- Haji Wan Dagang bin Abdullah

Assist. British Adviser, Besut-D. A. Somerville, M.c.s.

China Underwriters, Ltd., Life, Fire, Marine, Accident, Motor Car and General Insurance-Head Office: Hongkong

Agents-Chop Hong Bee, 43, Kedai

Payang, Kuala Trengganu

FERNANDEZ BROS., General Merchants and Commission Agents-Cable Ad: Fern

P. A. Fernandez, managing pro-

prietor

Isadore Lopez, assistant

Mrs. P. A. Fernandez, cashier

HIN LEONG & Co., Timber Merchants and Steam Saw Millers-Kemaman; Cable Ad Hinleong. Head Office: Chop Chye Hin, 416, Beach Road, Singapore

Tan Chian, sole proprietor

KEMAMAN CASH STORES, LTD. (Incorpor- ated in Singapore), General Merchants, Commission Agents, Importers and Exporters-Head Office: 13, St. Gregory

Place, Off Hill Street, Singapore; Branches: 123, Jalan Pasar Kemaman, 261 and 262, Kuala Dungun, Dungun; Cable Ad: Cashstores, Singapore, Kemaman and Dungun

Chia Poh Heng, managing director Toh Seah Hwee, Tan Tiong Swee

Phua Ah Wah, directors

O. C. Smalley, secretary

Phua Ah Wah, Tan Tiong Swee,

managers

Chia Choon Kiat and Soh Kee Seng,

assistants

UNITED TRADING Co., General Merchants and Commission Agents -Kemaman, Trengganu

Agents for:

Cycle and Carriage Co. (1926), Ld. Kodak, Ld.

Danish Islands Preserved Butter Co.,

Denmark

KEDAH

Situated on the north-west coast of the Malay Peninsula, between the parallels of 5 deg. 05 min. and 6 deg. 40 min. North and the meridians of 99 deg. 40 min. and 101 deg. 10 min. E., Kedah has an area of about 3,660 square miles. In the north and east the country is hilly, but the plains along the coast are well-watered and fertile. In the northern part of the State the chief agricultural produce is rice. In the southern part the rubber industry has grown to large dimensions. The country is favourable for cattle raising.

The State came under British protection in 1909, and since then great progress has been made. Road making, bridge building and canal extension are features of the present régime. An excellent motor road running to the northern frontier of the State joins the road system of southern Siam and Songkhla on the East Coast, and the railway from Bukit Mertajam, in Province Wellesley, has been extended through Alor Star, the capital of Kedah, to connect with the Siamese railways on the frontier of Perlis. This connection has been completed and regularrailway communication between Singapore and Bangkok has been established. The money order system has been introduced and the telegraph and telephone systems have been extended. The telephone system is connected with Penang and southwardsas far as Singapore. The towns of Alor Star, Sungei Patani and Kulim are lighted by electricity.

At the 1931 census the population was 429,691, of whom 286,262 were Malays, 78,415 Chinese, 50,82 4 Indians and 411 Europeans.