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Colonial Reports - Annual. Annual Report on the Social and Economic Progress of the People of the State of Kedah (Unfederated Malay States). Report for the year 1357 A.H.

1939

The features characteristic of the climate of the West coast of the Malay Peninsula—uniform temperature high humidity and copious rainfall—are characteristic of the climate of Kedah also except that in this State especially in the North and in the Langkawi Island there is a well defined dry season lasting usually from about the middle of December to the middle of March. [...] But the temptation of the profits from Kedah's trade with India on the one hand and on the other the difficulties of enforing the concession even after a series of blockades of the rivers owing to the distance from Malacca were too great; and the monopoly supposed to have been given and acquired was little more than nominal. [...] The Malay section is now estimated to comprise 67% the Chinese 18% and the Indians 12% of the total as compared with the respective percentages of 67 18 12 in the 1931 Census and 70 18 10 in the 1921 Census. [...] By far the largest part of the population is engaged in agriculture.7 The urban population consists mainly of Chinese Malays occupying the kampongs and the Indian population living on estates and in the towns. [...] The decline in the prices of rubber and tin-ore and the low releases (70 60 45 and 45% ) and (80 63 45 and 45%) respectively in 1938 are the main causes for the decrease in the value of export trade.

government politics public policy
Pages
99
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.143396
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
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Chapter I Geography Including Climate and History
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Chapter II Government
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Chapter III Population
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Chapter IV Health
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Chapter V Housing
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Chapter VI Natural Resources
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Chapter VII Commerce
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Chapter VIII Labour
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Chapter IX Wages and Cost of Living
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Chapter X Education
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Chapter XI Communication and Transport
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Chapter XII Public Works
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Chapter XIII Justice and Police
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Chapter XIV Legislation
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Chapter XV Banking Currency Weights and Measures
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Chapter XVI Public Finance and Taxation
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Chapter XVII Miscellaneous
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Appendices
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Map
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