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KEDAH

Situated on the north-west coast of the Malay Peninsula, between the parallels of deg. 05 min. and 6 deg. 40 min. North and the meridians of 99 deg. 40 min, and 101 eg. 10 min. E., Kedah has an area of about 3,660 square miles. In the north and east he 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 art the rubber industry has grown to large dimensions. The country is favourable for attle raising.

The State came under British protection in 1909, and since then great progress has een made. Road making, bridge building and canal extension are features of the resent régime. An excellent motor road running to the northern frontier of the State oins the road system of southern Siam and Songkhla on the East Coast, and the ailway 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 regular railway 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 southwards as far as Singapore. The towns of Alor Star, Sungei Patani, Kulim, Lunas, Padang Serai and Bandar Bahru are

ighted by electricity.

At the 1931 census the population was 429,691, of whom 286,262 were Malays, 78,415 Chinese, 50,824 Indians, 411 Europeans and 13,779 other races.

DIRECTORY

GOVERNMENT

Sultan-H. H. SIR ABDUL HAMID HALIMSHAH IBNI ALMARHOM

SULTAN AHMAD TAJUDIN MUKARRAMSHAH, K.C.M.G.

Aide-de-Camp-H. H. Tunku Kassim

Extra Aide-de-Camp-H. H. Tunku Mohamed Jewa

Private Secretary-Che Mohamed Zain bin Ariffin

STATE COUNCIL

Regent President-H.H.Tunku Badlishah,

C.M.G.

Hon. Mr. J. A. Hall, M.c.s.

Hon. Haji Mohamed Sheriff, C.B.E.

H. H. Tunku Yaacob

Hon. Che Kassim

Clerk of Council-Che Shuib bin Osman

STATE COUNCIL OFFICE

Regent-H. H. Tunku Badlishah, c.M.G. Secretary to Government-Hon. Haji

Mohamed Sheriff, c. B. E.

Under Secretary to Government -

Ismail bin Haji Puteh

Che

2nd Under Secretary to Goverment-Che

Ismail bin Harun

Asst. Under Secretary & Clerk of Council -Che Zainulabidin bin Haji Md. Salleh (Acting)

AUDIT OFFICE

Auditor-General H. H. Tunku Kassim Asst. Auditor-General-F. E. Ivery Cadets, K. C. S.-Syed Noor Shahabudin

and Che Hassan b. Haji Said