Letters from Penang, 1904-1913

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File 15

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13 items

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Subjects include: Mr Moir's Report (1904), working of estates, Mr Wilson's Reports on Caledonia Estate, irrigation, labour, weather, sugar crops, rubber cultivation, Coconut trees, disease among labourers, store sales, tapioca factory, increase in cultivation, Engineering staff, indentured immigrants, Chinese farmers, death rates of immigrant labourers, bank overdraft, White ants, sugar thefts, quarterly reports, Caledonia Factory, Rubana Estate, staff salaries, Government moving against employment of Indian labourers, increasing prices for labour.

Discussion on the workings of the estates including: Strathmashie Estate, Selaba Estate, Talie Ayer Estate, Golden Grove, Caledonia, Sabrang, Johore Land (Batu Pahat), Sungei Bogak, Rubana, Nova Scotia, Gedong, Krian Kedah, Bagan Boyah.

Correspondents include: John Turner (Penang), Jos. Moir (Caledonia Estate), J. Arnold, Alex. Crawford (Caledonia Estate), William B. Wilson (Caledonia Estate), J. Sargant (Penang), W. Duncan (Perak), William M. Miller (Caledonia Estate), A.V. Brown (Superintendent of Indian Immigrants, Penang), L.H. Clayton, Presgrave and Matthews, H.C. Pratt (Govt. Entomologist), C. Bradbury, G.M. Laidlaw, A.F. Worthington, L.C. Brown (Kuala Lumpur), W. Langham-Carter, G.M. Laidlaw, Percy E.L. Taylor, Jas. Fraser, D. Douglas, R.N. Bland (Penang), Bruce Petrie (Caledonia Estate), Fred. T. Holbrook, S.C. Ambrose (Penang), W.E. Goodman (Caledonia Estate), Robert H. Phillips, J.B. Farquharson, Rowland M. Richards, J. Kirk (Penang), A.W. Wilson (Tali Ayer), J.M. Kydd (Caledonia Estate), J.W. Goldthorp, A.S. Craigen, H.C. Hughesdon, E.L. Hamilton (London), C.F. Nicholas.

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Cumbria Record Office. Robert Baxter. Senior Archivist

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