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176 THE BRITISH EMPIRE .'—NON-FEDERATED MALAY STATES

Trengganu, with an area of about 6,000 square miles, and a population, at the census, 1911, of 154,037, lies on the east coast between Pahang and Kelantan. The capital is Kuala Trengganu, with a population of 14,000. There are four Malay schools and one Chinese school. Trengganu was the last British possession to tolerate slavery for debt. The practice has been abolished by an enactment passed in 1919. Police force, 1919, about 240. There are about 11 miles of metalled cart road at the capital, and a telephone exchange, but no trunk roads, railways, or telegraphs. Communicati n with the interior is by rivers, and good native paths. Steamers connect regularly with Singapore and Bangkok, and locally-built motor-boats main- tain passenger services along the Trengganu coast. The industries are similar to those of Kelantan, and the country is of the same general character. Revenue, 1919, 762,453 dollars; chiefly from farms, 94,133 dollars; chandu, 337,944 dollars; export duty on tin and wolfram, 93,096 dollars; other export duties, 141,911 dollars. Expenditure, 1919, 756,977 dollars. Debt, 1919, 15,000 dollars. The total imports in 1919 were 1,911,014 dollars, and the total exports about 3,816,670 dollars. Chief exports, 1919: dried flsh, 1,044,966 dollars; tin ore, 828,966 dollars; copra, 455,322 dollars; black pepper, 185,873 dollars; wolfram ore, 611,670 dollars. Chief imports : Rice, 624,462 dollars; cotton piece goods, 419,340 dollars; tobacco, 106,723 dollars; petroleum, 120,054 dollars; sugar, 45,582 dollars. The above figures relate to trade with Singa- pore only.

Ruler. — H.H. Sultan Muhammad bin Zenalabidin. He is assisted by a State Council on the Johore model.

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