Dearie:Russell Family History

The Straits Times, 16 January 1930, Page 8 The marriage of Mr. Esau Varughese, of the staff of Messrs. J. A. Russell and Co., Kuala Lumpur, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Chacko Esau of Travancore, India, to Miss. Rebeccamma C. George, the niece of Mr. K. C. George of Permatang Estate, Banting, took place on Thursday afternoon…………

The Straits Times, 25 January 1930, Page 8 PASSENGERS. The following passengers for Penang and Singapore arrived by the P. and O. s.s. Macedonia: - J. A. Russell.

U.K. Death certificate: 23 February 1930 at Normansfield, Kingston Road, Teddington, Francis Oldham Swetteham, male aged 2. Son of Roger Francis Ross Swettenham of Kuala Lumpur, Civil Engineer, Crown Colony. Informant R. C. Langdon-Down, Occupier, Normansfield, Kingston Road, Teddington. ( Note: Private hospital started by John Haydon Langdon-Down, after whom Down's Syndrome was named. Opened in May 1868 as a Private Home for the "care, education and treatment of those of good social position who present any degree of mental deficiency". Responsibility for the hospital was inherited by Reginald and Percival, medically qualified sons who were already assisting their parents.)

The Straits Times, 15 March 1930, Page 4 ,The Straits Times, 17 March 1930, Page 4 ,The Straits Times, 18 March 1930, Page 6  MALAYAN COLLIERIES, LTD . Notice of 16th Annual general meeting and Closure of Share Register…..March 31, 1930 at 12 o’clock noon….. J. A. Russell and Co. March 13, 1930

The Straits Times, 19 March 1930, Page 6 ELECTRIC POWER IN MALAYA. The Necessity for Cheap And Abundant Supplies, (From Our Own Correspondent.) The following interesting comments were made by Mr. C. Jones, M.I.E.E., A. M. I. Mech. E, of the Malayan Collieries, Batu Arang, in the course of a paper entitled, "Notes and Observations in connection with Electrical Practice in Mines”, which he read before a meeting of the Perak Branch of the Engineering Association of Malaya: The annual report of the F.M.S. Government electrical undertaking for the year 1928, and the growth of the electric supply since the year 1922 show remarkably rapid development, and reflect great credit upon those responsible especially in consideration of the limited number of industrial concerns in the F.M.S. and the geographical location, i.e. the decentralised centre of gravity for industrial load, the exceptional conditions prevailing in the country for transmission, whether overhead or underground (operating at high ambient temperatures, and in an atmosphere containing a high humidity and magnetic storms), and the trade depression which at present exists. The provision of cheap power is of vital importance, and a necessity to the life of a country, and ample evidence is available of the unification of industrial undertakings with a view to reducing production costs to meet with keen competition for its market products. A very small difference in cost per k.w.h. of electric power may mean the loss of substantial orders, or the difference between profit and loss. New Development Schemes The Government at Home have realised the necessity for a cheap and abundant supply of electricity, and contracts to the value of £10 million have been placed out of the £33 ½ million granted for electrical development. A great amount of the work of erection of super power stations and the linking up of efficient generating stations on the grid system by 132 k.v.o.h. lines is in progress, and well advanced in some areas. In addition the standardisation of a 50-cycle supply is being tackled in earnest. In the F.M.S. as is well known, supplies of native coal are entirely dependant upon the Malayan collieries at Batu Arang, and it is gratifying that these mines can supply the requirements of generating stations and are doing so with satisfactory results from the point of view of generating costs. Is it a dream that the future may bring about the linking up of the F.M.S. electrical generating stations? I look forward to the development referred to in the annual report already mentioned. In regard to hydro-electric supply a curious fallacy exists- that water power supply costs nothing. For that matter neither does coal, so long as one left it alone. In use, one is likely to cost as much as the other. It must be realised that electrical engineers are engaged in a profession in which change and new ideas are constantly occurring, and the young electrical engineer of today is entering a profession which seems likely in a short time to be essential at almost every hour of the day to the inhabitants of cities, towns, villages and rural areas. Locally trained Electricians. With the increased growth of the use of electricity it is only reasonable to anticipate the necessity for the services of additional staffs of electrical engineers from 25 to 30 years of age to deal with the problems of design, erection, maintenance, repair and operation of the multiplicity of electrical engineering equipment. I am informed that the F.M.S. Government has in operation a training scheme with a view to securing locally-trained staff to undertake some of the duties called upon, and also that employers find it difficult to secure the services of locally trained native staff. I assume without a copy of the articles of the Malaya Engineers’ Association that one of its objects at least is to foster the advancement of knowledge and experience, by promoting discussions among its members, with a view to assisting each other and to also assist younger members to follow those of us who are asked to “quit” because of old age, etc. Manufacturing firms can assist purchasers of equipment to a larger degree than they now do, by adopting some of the following suggestions: (1) supplying catalogues in the languages of native workers, (2) supply erecting, operating, care and maintenance instructions in similar languages, illustrated by detailed colour diagrams, (3) supplying card board or other types of models, showing the windings and construction of generators, meters transformers, etc.

MALAYAN COLLIERIES,
LIMITED.
(INCORPORATED IN F.M.S.)
16
DIRECTORS' REPORT
AND
ACCOUNTS
For Year Ended 31st December, 1929.
TO BE PRESENTED AT THE
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD AT THE
Registered Office of the Company,
Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Buildings, Kuala Lumpur,
ON
Monday the 31st March, 1930,
At Noon.
J. A. RUSSELL & CO.,
Managing Agents & Secretaries,
Printed by Kyle, Palmer & Co., Ltd., Kuala Lumpur.
MALAYAN COLLIERIES,
LIMITED,
(INCORPORATED IN F.M.S.)
DIRECTORS' REPORT
AND
ACCOUNTS
For Year Ended 31st December, 1929.
TO BE PRESENTED AT THE
SIXTEENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD AT THE
Registered Office of the Company,
Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Buildings, Kuala Lumpur,
ON
Monday the 31st March, 1930,
At Noon.
J. A. RUSSELL & CO.,
Managing Agents & Secretaries.
Malayan Collieries, Limited.
(Incorporated in Federated Malay States.)
Directors
JOHN ARCHIBALD RUSSELL, Esq. (Chairman),
HUGH NORMAN FERRERS, Esq.,
FREDERICK CUNNINGHAM, Esq.,
WILLIAM HENRY MARTIN, Esq.,
ALBERT JAMES KELMAN, Esq.,
HUBERT HARRY BOBBINS, Esq.,

Managing Agents
J. A. RUSSELL & Co., Kuala Lumpur.
Consulting Electrical Engineers
SPARKS and PARTNERS, London.

Registered Offices
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANK BUILDINGS, KUALA LUMPUR.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the Sixteenth Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Company will be held at the Registered Offices of the Company, Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Buildings, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday, 31st March, 1930, at Noon, for the following purposes: —
To receive and consider the Balance Sheet and Accounts to 31st December, 1929, and the Reports of the Directors and Auditors.
To Declare a Final Dividend for the year 1929.
To Declare Directors’ remuneration for the year 1929.
To Elect Directors in place of those retiring.
To Elect Auditors for the ensuing year.
The Share Registers will be closed from Tuesday, 25th March, 1930, to Tuesday, 1st April, 1930, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
J. A. RUSSELL & Co.,
Secretaries
Dated 15th March, 1930. Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Buildings, Kuala Lumpur, F.M.S.

Malayan Collieries, Limited
(Incorporated in Federated Malay States.)
Directors' Report for the Sixteenth Year of the Company ended 31st December, 1929.
The Directors have pleasure in submitting their Sixteenth Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1929.
In accordance with the usual practice, the working of the Collieries is reviewed in the appended Reports of the Managing Agents.
BATU ARANG. The demand for Rawang Coal shewed a substantial increase on previous years, and no difficulty was experienced in meeting this increased demand.
The reorganisation and re-equipment of the Colliery to bring it up to the latest practice proceeded, and considerable progress was made, notwithstanding the extra calls made upon the technical staff as a result of the larger outputs.
PAMOEKAN BAY. The output from this Colliery was slowed down during the second half of the year, owing to the depressed state of markets as a result of over-supplies of Coal. The position was somewhat improved as at the end of the year and stocks were moving more freely, but at considerably reduced prices.
The slowing down of output afforded an opportunity to concentrate more labour upon what was essentially development work, and the result of this will be felt when market conditions become normal and maximum production is again required.
GENERAL. Government has agreed to grant the Company agricultural rights over its Batu Arang properties and your Directors are now busy investigating the most satisfactory manner of utilising these rights.
Owing to ill health, Mr. Fuller left the services of the Company, and the Managing Agents were appointed Secretaries.
INVESTMENTS. These remain unchanged.
PROFITS. The profits for the year under review, subject
to Directors' and Auditors' fees, amount to ... $1,537,852.02
To which is to be added the unappropriated
balance from the previous account ... $146,725.40
Less Staff Bonus 1928 ... 6,883.33
139,842.07
$1,677,694.09 Three Interim Dividends of 7 ½ % each on 257,505 shares
were declared during the year absorbing ... 579,386.25
Carried forward $1,098,307.84
Brought forward $1,098,307.84
You will be asked to sanction fees to
Directors in respect of 1929 of ... $25,000.00
and Auditors' Fees ... 3,500.00
28,500.00
Leaving available $1,069,807.84
Which your Directors recommend should be dealt with as follows: — Final Dividend 12 ½ % ... $321,881.25
Write off Leasehold Property ... 400,000.00
721,881.25
Balance to carry forward to next year's account ... $347,926.59
(Subject to an appropriation for Staff Bonus to be left to the discretion of the Board).
DIRECTORS. Mr. H N. Ferrers being the Director longest in office, retires under the provision of the Articles of Association and, being eligible offers himself for re-election. Mr. H. H. Robbins having accepted an invitation of the Directors to join the Board, offers himself for election by the Shareholders.
AUDITORS. Messrs. Evatt & Co. retire, but being eligible, offer themselves for re-election.
By Order of the Board,
J. A. RUSSELL & Co.,
Secretaries.
Malayan Collieries, Ltd
The Directors,
MALAYAN COLLIERIES, LTD., Kuala Lumpur.
Gentlemen,
BATU ARANG COLLIERY.
We have pleasure in submitting herewith our report on the working of the Batu Arang Colliery during the year ended 31st December, 1929.
The output of the Colliery shewed a considerable improvement upon all previous years, and production proceeded without a serious hitch of any description.
Maintenance of Plant and Buildings throughout the property was of a satisfactory order.
Progress with Capital works was rather more pronounced than in the previous year, though there is still a considerable amount of expenditure which, owing to the unfinished state of the work, has not yet commenced to shew us any returns. During the current year the first real effects will be experienced, and from this forward the Capital expenditure of the past two years should be reflected in our costs of production.
UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT. Close attention was given to all underground workings, and several further improvements in practice have been decided upon.
THE NORTH MINE. In this mine, distances have become considerable with all the attendant disadvantages in the matters of supervision, transport, power transmission, etc., which this implies, and a good deal of time has been devoted to the subject of a further concentration of production. With the measures now adopted and contemplated, it is hoped to reduce costs to a figure comparable with those in the newly-equipped East Mine.
THE EAST MINE. This mine has now passed from the development to the production stage. Tenders for the plant for a completely equipped machine section are now being considered by the Board, and, with this decided upon and installed, everything possible will have been done to ensure the production of coal at the minimum possible cost compatible with all-round efficiency and safety.
HYDRAULIC STOWAGE. The arrangements for this functioned satisfactorily. The change-over to the new system at the sand pits was completed, and the electrification of this plant with power transmitted from the Main Power Station at Batu Arang, is now under consideration.
OPEN-CASTS. Preparations for the eventual centralisation of production from this source were continued. The tendency is to reduce the labour employed on stripping in favour of the mechanical equipment which is steadily being installed. With the bringing into production of the East Mine, the demand upon the open-casts will be considerably eased.
BUILDINGS AND PLANT. All permanent buildings were maintained in good order and repair, and further temporary buildings were replaced by those of a permanent type.
The general Colliery plant was considerably augmented, the whole being maintained at the high standard of efficiency required.
Good progress has been made in preparation for the change over from Direct Current to Alternating Current Power. Two-2000 K.W. Turbo Alternator sets were ordered, and all switch gear and the bulk of the transmission lines have been installed. The foundations for the generating sets are ready, and these should be in operation early in the second half of the current year.
WATER SUPPLY. A scheme for the supply of 750.000 gallons per day for all purposes has been worked out, and construction is to commence immediately. The catchment-area comprises some 600 acres, while the proposed dam will empound some 85,000,000 gallons, the area to be inundated being about 25 acres.
BRICKWORKS. Owing to the demand for bricks for our own requirements, and to the continual enquiries for our product for special purposes where a good quality common clay brick is required, it was decided to reorganise our brickworks with the result that modern plant, with a capacity of a million bricks per month, is now in course of erection.
LABOUR EMPLOYED. The position continued to be satisfactory, the supply at all times being fully equal to the demand.
GENERAL HEALTH. This as usual was exceedingly good. The hospital was maintained to the standard of efficiency required by our Visiting Medical Practitioner.
We are, Gentlemen,
Yours faithfully, J. A. RUSSELL & CO.,
Managing Agents.
Kuala Lumpur,
12th March, 1930.
Malayan Collieries, Limited.
The Directors,
MALAYAN COLLIERIES, LTD., Kuala Lumpur.
Gentlemen,
PAMOEKAN BAY COLLIERY.
We have pleasure in submitting herewith our report upon the working of the Pamoekan Bay Colliery during the year ended 31st December, 1929.
The production was a little down on the previous year, this being primarily due to a glut of coal in practically all Eastern Markets during the second half of the year. At the time of writing, stocks are moving more freely, but at reduced prices, and the Colliery has been instructed to resume full production.
MINE DEVELOPMENT. The slowing down of production permitted of a considerable concentration of labour upon development work, and advancement has been satisfactory. No fresh troubled ground of any consequence was disclosed in the bores drilled in advance of present workings.
COAL CUTTING MACHINES. No further additions were made. All machines were in service and maintenance was carefully attended to.
GENERAL CONDITIONS UNDERGROUND. These call for no especial comment. Gas is becoming more prevalent as the depth of the workings increases, but with the improved ventilation as a result of the installation of the new fan referred to in our last report, we anticipate no serious trouble from this source. Roof conditions remained very much the same as when last reporting.
SURFACE. The electric shovel was put into commission; but apart from this little new plant was installed.
A new general workshop was erected and fitted with a number of new machine tools, a foundry, and a sawbench.
The bungalow accommodation was sufficient without further additions.
The erection of new coolie lines continued and it is hoped within the next two years to have all labour housed in accommodation of approved type.
The total labour employed on the property was 702, made up of 385 natives of the Netherlands Indies and 317 Chinese. The total resident population dependent upon this Colliery is 1,362 souls.
GENERAL HEALTH. Our Visiting Medical Officer, Dr. Kotter, reported a very satisfactory state of health of the whole community. In deference to the wishes of the Health Authorities, we have engaged a Resident Medical Officer.
LAUNCHES. The M.S. "Kalai" served as an emergency launch in a perfectly satisfactory manner.
SHIPPING. The mine output was lifted by 35 ships as against 53 ships entered and cleared during the previous year.
GENERAL. The Mine was visited by a number of Government officials including: Mr. Koppenall, Resident Bandjermasin, Assistant Resident Bandjermasin, Mr. Eben-horst van Stengbergen, Assistant Resident Kota Baroe, Captain Drost, District Officer-Controleur, Mr. Van Harften, Mines Inspector, Mr. Bruinsma, Mines Inspector, Mr. Touissant, Mines Inspector, Mr. Post Uiterweer, Labour Inspector, Mr. Boudoin, Boiler Inspector, Mr. Germain, Electric Inspector, and Mr. Tollig, Inspector of Weights and Measures.
We are, Gentlemen,
Yours faithfully,
J. A. RUSSELL & CO.,
Managing Agents. Kuala Lumpur,
12th March, 1930.
MALAYAN COLLIERIES

(For accounts see MC page for 1930)

Above from: MALAYAN COLLIERIES LIMITED REPORTS & BALANCE SHEETS AND PROCEEDINGS AT ANNUAL MEETINGS 1926- 1935 and edited versions in The Straits Times, 21 March 1930, Page 11  and The Malay Mail, Friday, March 3, 1930 under Headline: COMPNANY REPORT MALAYAN COLLIERIES, LTD, Final Dividend of 12 ½ Per Cent. MALAYAN COLLIERIES, LIMITED. Handsome Profit Made Last Year. Many residents of Malaya are unaware that prosperous coal mines exist in Selangor. The following report of Malayan Collieries, Ltd., for the year 1929, shows that handsome dividends are being paid, edited version in The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser , 25 March 1930, Page 19

The Straits Times, 1 April 1930, Page 13 TODAY'S 24 PAGES. Malayan Collieries Meeting Page 17.

The Straits Times, 1 April 1930, Page 19 and The Malay Mail April 2 1930 page 10. Under the Headlines: MALAYAN COLLIERIES, LTD. Chairman Reviews Year of Progress at Annual Meeting HOPE OF REDUCED PRICES AND COSTS. MALAYAN COLLIERIES MEETING. MORE DEVELOPMENTS. . 35 Per Cent. Dividend Maintained. . AGRICULTURE, CEMENT AND BRICKS. . (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 30. The sixteenth annual general meeting of Malayan Collieries, Ltd., was held at midday at the offices of J. A. Russell and Co., managing agents and secretaries of the company, today, Mr. J. A. Russell, chairman of the company, presiding. (From the M.M. The chair was taken by Mr. J. A. Russell and those present were Messrs. H.N. Ferrers, W. H. Martin, F. Cunningham and H.H. Robbins (directors) and J.D. Morrison, C.A. Mathews and C. Crompton (Shareholders.) Addressing the meeting the Chairman said: The report and accounts having been in your hands for the required period may I assume that it is your wish that they be taken as read. It is my pleasure to be able to report to you another record turnover, and, while the increase in profits is not as great as was that occurring between the years of 1926 and 1927, and 1927 and 1928, in view of the reduction in our prices, I trust that you will consider even a small increase in profits as eminently satisfactory. Production at Batu Arang was just under 20 per cent, up on the previous year, while that at Pamoekan Bay was substantially the same as for 1928. The net price realised for our Rawang coal shows another reduction on the previous years; our policy is to strive further to cheapen it. We are happy, however to be able to tell you that although the tendency of our sale prices is downwards, so also is that of our production costs, and that under normal conditions the one should more or less offset the other. With reference to the Dutch company operating at Pamoekan Bay, I regret to say that, due to the enforcement of new Government rules, we have suffered from considerable labour troubles with our Chinese miners; but am happy to be able to inform you that at a recent meeting at Batavia with the head officials of the Netherlands East Indies Labour Department we were kindly given the opportunity to state the company’s case and were promised a special and sympathetic consideration of the company’s peculiar circumstances and difficulties. 0. Programme of Re-equipment. 0. It is also a matter of gratification that the N.E.I. Government, so I understand, is at least seriously considering the subject of converting Pamoekan Bay into an open port. When this is done the colliery should be much more favourably placed to conduct its mining operations and to sell its coal. 0. The accounts before you are similar in general detail to those for the previous year. During the twelve month a grant of land was bought at Batu Arang and also one at Fraser’s Hill; and these are the reason for the new item “Freehold Property” introduced into the balance sheet. Our programme of re-equipment with modern plant, and of increased general mechanization, was actively pursued during the year. 0. Buildings and general plant were added to at the cost of $771,427.05, the whole being depreciated by $179,408.36. All buildings erected during the period under review of the permanent type, calculated to last for many years. The plant installed was of a general nature; but the new power plant was by far the largest individual item of it. 0. The deprecation allowed, making $400,000 in two years, was sufficient to reduce to a nominal figure the book value of all plant which it is intended under our programme of modernisation to supersede, and this item next year should consequently be rather less. 0. Plant being Standardised 0. Mine stores and spares show an increase on the previous year of some $68,000, this being primarily due to a quantity of equipment in connection with the new plant which was taken into stores and not issued to the respective works before the end of the year. 0. In this connection, however, the additions to mechanical equipment in hand and contemplated will in future years increase this item of stores by reason of the number of spare parts that will be required. This is a matter which is having the close attention of the managing agents and all possible plant is being standardised in order to reduce as far as is practicable the number of variety of spares carried. 0. Stocks of coal on dumps at the end of the accountancy period were higher in value than at the termination of the pervious year by some $180,000, which increase was due to the congestion of coal in most Eastern markets referred to by the managing agents in their report, and to our plan of holding up at the mine the bulk of our output of Pamoekan smalls until the installation of the washery plant that has been decided upon, which machinery we hope to have in operation early in the second half of this year. 0. Today, however, I am pleased to be able to inform you that stocks of lump coal are again moving off freely, and the quantity which made up the figure of $261,598.50 as at the end of 1929 has since the close of year been greatly reduced, and should be down to normal before the middle of the current one. All stocks have been taken into account at conservative values. 0. A Satisfactory Proposition 0. Sundry debtors and bills receivable were a little down as compared with the previous year, while sundry creditors were a little up. All debts, with a few almost negligible amounts, have since been paid or are secured, and it is estimated that reserve against bad debts of $80,000 is sufficient for all foreseeable contingencies. 0. Investments at the end of the year remain unchanged. I might mention, however, that in view of rumours circulating during the last week in influential quarters of the City of London to the effect that the 5 per cent War Loan, £25,000 of which we hold, is to be converted into 4 and half per cent Taxable Conversion Loan, your directors have within the last few days deemed it advisable to dispose of your holding of 5 per cent War Loan and re invest the proceeds in the 1960-1990 4 per cent Funding Loan. This latter is free of income tax and safe from interference until 1960. 0. It will be seen that cash at banks and in hand at the end of the year was less than at the end of the previous year. Some of the difference was represented by increased stocks; but the chief reason for it was the better progress made with the programme of various new capital works. 0. There is nothing I think in the trading profit and loss account which calls for comment. 0. Such, then, is the position, and one which I trust you will consider quite satisfactory. But for our policy of recognising the interests of two parties as being essential to a real and lasting prosperity, we could have undoubtedly have made a somewhat higher profit for the year. It is, however, your Board’s policy to preserve a proper balance between the claims of shareholders and consumers; which duties do not really conflict, because only by satisfying the company’s customers can the company enjoy any permanent stability. 0. No Price Reductions. 0. Your board’s aim I might say, is ever to strive for a larger turnover with smaller individual profits; but with tin restriction the order of the day, our turnover is likely this current year temporarily to be adversely affected. We have, however, no intention of increasing prices- on the contrary we hope eventually to still further reduce them- nor do we intend, if we can reasonable prevent it, that shareholders should suffer a diminution of their regular dividends. 0. Successfully to carry on these twofold duties to proprietor and client, only one course is open, and that is to reduce costs per individual ton, which in turn means improved methods, which, in again in turn, calls for the completest mechanisation throughout. As you will realise from the amounts which your board has expended upon your account at Batu Arang during the past year, this all means money, and indeed, considerable sums of it. 0. This being so, and in view of the uncertainty, owing to tin restriction and general world wide depression, as to the precise demand which is likely to exist during the current year for the company’s products, your board has unanimously decided that it would be sounder finance upon its part not to recommend a distribution of an extraordinary bonus for 1929, similar to the one of 5 per cent which was given to shareholders for the pervious year, but to carry a larger sum forward. 0. As you will have gathered from the profits made, and also of the proportion of them spent in new equipment, the year has been one of very definite progress in efficiency. We are anxious that the progress should not be checked, and to ensure this desirable purpose we are prepared to do everything short of voluntarily cutting down the regular dividend rate of 35 per cent per annum. 0. Batu Arang Property 0. As indicated in the report which is before you, our negotiations with Government for agricultural rights over our Batu Arang property have had a happy issue in the form of a promise to grant us these rights upon certain terms, which terms we have not gone thoroughly into, as we are not yet able to go to Government and say just what we propose planting, and when. 0. Your directors have been very busy in this connection; but we are not yet in a position to make an announcement, and it will probably be quite a year before we have tried out by experimental planting the one or two products which we have in view. We believe these agricultural rights to be valuable, and it would indeed be an economic loss to the country for us not to develop those portions of the surface of the company’s large area at Batu Arang which are not at present being disturbed, nor are likely to be, by the extraction of coal from under them. 0. Several thousand acres of undulating land, a large part of which is quite good soil, with road and rail communication, healthy, and with a settled labour force and enjoying the advantages of cheap power and several other valuable facilities, must be a potential asset, and it is your Board’s policy to endeavour to convert every potential asset into a productive one. 0. Your board, however, is doing nothing in a hurry, and will carry out the fullest investigations before embarking upon any cultivation, or any other project, involving large capital sums, and will keep shareholders advised regarding them. 0. Extending Demand for Coal. 0. In addition to this problem in the economics of agriculture, your Board has been investigating ways and means of extending the demand for its Rawang coal. As an aid thereto, the establishment of coal consuming industrial plants has been, and is being, very seriously, and, in the case of cement manufacturing plant, very thoroughly, studied. With regard to this latter industrial undertaking, there are still some essential details to be settled before a decision can be arrived at for or against the enterprise; but at the moment, the prospects look encouraging. 0. Our investigations, so far as they have gone to date, have shown that, thanks to the concentration of raw material, cheap power and technical organisation which we possess at Batu Arang, and to our not needing to incur any promotion or vendor’s or other such burdening costs we are likely to be in a favourable position to establish the industry on an exceptionally sound basis and to manufacture a product of the highest standard of quality at prices competitive with those of the imported article. 0. In the meantime, as a first step to the policy of jointly developing the potentialities of the company’s existing assets and of finding an outlet for its coal, brickworks have been established at Batu Arang for the utilisation of the clays and shales derived from the company’s open cast coal workings and of employing Rawang coal for firing the bricks in a modern continuous kiln. 0. As the company itself uses so many bricks, and for long has had a small scale brickworks on its property for supplying its own requirements, this particular side project, after through investigation and consideration, was undertaken and is now nearing completion. 0. A Valuable Side Industry. 0. A specimen machine- made, coal- fired, clay brick is on the table, and you will see that it compares well with any clay brick made in any part of the world, while it is superior to anything I know of made at present in the F.M.S. Not only will it be a better article, but it will be sold at a cheaper price than sellers of clay bricks are at present asking. 0. The output of our first kiln will be from 10 to 12 million bricks per annum. We shall convert a waste product into one of value. We shall consume more coal and thus help to reduce our costs per ton. We shall improve the quality of one of the chief items of stores always used by us. We shall add a new source of company revenue. 0. Finally, and certainly not the least important consideration, we shall contribute, if, slightly, to the general prosperity and economic efficiency of the country by adding what we hope will prove to be a valuable side industry to our other activities. 0. Entry into extensive agricultural interests, and the establishment of new industries of the magnitude of cement works, would, of course, call for the investment of a considerable amount of fresh capital. This could be raised by issuing more shares, or by borrowing, or by both. I think that I might take this opportunity to mention that any issues of shares would, of necessity, be at a fairly high premium, so that the possibility of an issue should not have any material effect upon share values. 0. 35 Per cent Dividend. 0. However, even if all or any of these other projects materialise, and I hope that at least some of them may, there is still too much to be done and both world and local economic conditions are still too unsettled, to make it probable that any decision calling for a large expenditure of new capital can be arrived at much, if at all, before the close of the current year. 0. So that if a fresh issue eventually be made, there is small likelihood of any new emission during 1930, while I can also assure you that, in the event of additional capital being necessary, the Board will raise it upon payment terms as easy for shareholders as is possible, compatible with safety, and with due regard to the financial conditions prevailing. 0. With reference to the matter of splitting the shares into ones of smaller denomination which during the year was referred to by shareholders, the voting was: - For splitting, 22,145 against splitting, 98,688; total number of shares voting, 120,833. The suggestion was therefore, not proceeded with. 0. As set out in our report to you, after paying three interim dividends during the year amounting to 22 ½ cent, and after allowing for directors’ and auditors’ fees at the same rate as last year, there is a balance of $1,069,807.84 remaining to be disposed of at this meeting. Your directors recommend a final dividend of the usual 12 ½ percent, absorbing $321,881.25, which will give shareholders the now customary 35 per cent on their shares. 0. No Bonus Distribution. 0. In view of the very large sums which have been reinvested by you in your business from the time when the company first commenced to earn an income, it may interest you to know that, while the present distribution provides you with 35 per cent upon the nominal par value of your shares, it really represents 12 ½ per cent on the actual amount of capital at present being employed by you in the undertaking. 0. In other words 12 ½ per cent is the approximate rate of dividend which the company would at this stage, be paying to you on a par value of your increased number of shares if it had been the policy of your directors, as earnings were from time to time appropriated to finance the steady development of the business, to write up the amount of the company’s of capital, and to issue free shares to you to represent the additional sum reinvested. 0. Your directors further recommend that the sum of $400,000 be written off leasehold property, leaving a balance of $347,926.59 to be carried forward to the 1930 accounts. 0. This carry-forward is approximately the amount of last year’s carry- forward plus the amount which was paid last year as an extraordinary bonus. I would repeat, at the risk of unnecessary reiteration, that your Board’s decision not to recommend the distribution of an extraordinary bonus this year is prompted by the undoubtedly only temporary, straightened conditions prevailing throughout Malaya, and indeed the whole world, since I last had the pleasure of addressing you. 0. Today, not only is there a recognised over- production in rubber, but also an over production of tin; and in both industries rightly or wrongly, curtailment of output is in the minds of many. Of the two, the condition of the mining industry of the country the more actively affects us, and any restriction of working hours by it must be reflected in the demand for coal, and, to that extent, in this company’s earning capacity; hence what some shareholders may perhaps consider your Board’s over cautious recommendations. 0. Provident Fund Scheme. 0. The managing agents have reported to the Board the loyal service of the various members of the company’s staff at the collieries, and the hearty thanks of the shareholders are due to these gentlemen for their year of very hard work. You will notice in the directors’ report that it is proposed to pay members of the company’s staff actually employed at the mines the usual bonus, the amount of which token of appreciation I would ask you again to leave to the discretion of the Board. 0. I can assure you that this yearly bonus is greatly valued by the members of staff, not so much because of the amount, but because of the appreciation of their services which prompts it. I might also tell you that your Board are contemplating the institution of a provident fund for the benefit of the staff and have instructed the managing agents to prepare and submit to them a scheme for their consideration. 0. In conclusion I should like to say that with reference to the current year, I think I shall not be unduly optimistic in telling you that there is little doubt in the minds of your board as to the company’s ability again to give you a 35 per cent dividend. 0. I shall be glad to answer, if I can, any questions bearing on the report and accounts which shareholders present may care to ask. 0. A Bright Future. 0. In seconding the adoption of the report and accounts, which was moved by the chair, Mr. H. N. Ferrers said: 0. It is hardly necessary for me after the exhaustive survey of the position of the company which you have just listened to, to occupy the time of the meeting for any length. But I would like to say a word on the subject of our decision not to recommend to pay the same bonus as last year. Of course, we were careful to say then that this payment was an extraordinary one, but we recognised in spite of our warning shareholders might expect a similar distribution this year and we did not decide against giving it without careful deliberation. 0. We felt that in view of the depressing forecasts of local trade generally which have lately been made through such wide and influential channels of the prospects of the coming year, we could not take the responsibility of failing to make provision for the possibility of bad times to come. But, on the other hand we are far from accepting the opinion that things are so bad as they are made out, and we are certainly anxious not to do anything likely to make them worse. You will notice, therefore, that we have been taking such steps as are necessary to enable us to take full advantage of our opportunities when better conditions prevail. 0. The exceptional, perhaps, unique, advantages which we enjoy at Batu Arang have been carefully studied by the Board. While the raising and marketing of our coal will always remain our main concern, we recognise that the large area of agricultural land at our disposal and the provision of plant, buildings and machinery already on the spot enable us to engage in certain enterprises, to which the chairman has alluded, on a footing which no outsider can compete with. 0. You may be confidant that we have taken the precaution of obtaining expert advice and that we shall take no steps in a hurry. All our investigations, lead us to think that we have a bright future before us and we hope and believe that satisfactory as the past history of the company has been, its future will prove to be even brighter than its past. 0. The resolution was passed without discussion. 0. The report and balance sheet were unanimously adopted and the final dividend of 12 ½ per cent was unanimously approved on the motion of the chairman seconded by Mr. Martin. 0. The directors’ fees of $25,000 were approved on the motion of Mr. Morrison, seconded by Mr. Crompton and the auditors’ fees sanctioned on the proposition of Mr. Crompton, seconded by Mr. Morrison. 0. On the proposition of the chairman seconded by Mr. Martin, Mr. H. N. Ferrers was re elected to the Board and Mr. H.H. Robbins’ election was confirmed on the motion of the chairman seconded by Mr. Morrison. 0. On the proposition of Mr. Morrison, seconded by Mr. Crompton, Messrs Evatt and Co. were reappointed auditors. 0. In moving a vote of thanks to the chair, Mr. Ferrers said that the vote ought to be passed with exceptional enthusiasm. Their chairman had been connected with the company since its inception, it owed its existence to him, and it must have been a great satisfaction when he presided over a meeting of that kind and found that he had not had to put a single resolution which had not been unanimously accepted. Mr. Martin seconded the motion which was adopted. 0. The meeting then closed.

(NB No copy of this AGM is in MALAYAN COLLIERIES LIMITED REPORTS & BALANCE SHEETS AND PROCEEDINGS AT ANNUAL MEETINGS 1926- 1935. The report is bound in twice.)

The Straits Times, 3 April 1930, Page 9 MALAYAN COLLIERIES. We are asked to point out that a subheading, “ No Price Reductions’ appearing in our report of the Malayan Collieries meeting was misleading, as the chairman stated in his speech that the company had no intention of increasing prices, and, on the contrary, hoped eventually still further to reduce them

The Straits Times, 8 April 1930, Page 12 NOTES OF THE DAY. COLLIERIES PROFITS Malayan Collieries still continue to be one of the few bright spots in the Malayan Industrial scene, and Mr. J. A. Russell’s speech at the annual meeting on Monday was, for more reasons than one, the kind of speech that shareholders like to read. Not only has the company paid its usual thirty-five per cent dividend and expects to do so again next year in spite of restriction on the tin fields, but Mr. Russell showed conclusively that its affairs are in very competent and watchful hands. The fact that the large sum of $771,427 was spent on buildings and general plant during the year showed that the equipment is being kept thoroughly up to date, and consumers of Batu Arang coal in this country -notably the F.M.S. railways and the mining companies- must have read with pleasure the chairman’s express declaration that the policy of holding the balance as fairly as possible between producer and consumer is being followed. The cynic may smile at this point, and suggest that the collieries directors, being directors first, and altruists second, will continue to ask as high a price for their produce as they think they safely can, having regard to competition from imported coal. Mr. Russell made it clear, however, that the company is making every endeavor to reduce its production costs and that the benefit of such reduction will be passed to the consumer. In other words the company is not behaving as though its position were impregnable. If the feeling got abroad that it was exploiting its unique advantages to an unduly greedy extent it might easily find its sales dropping, especially if further coal mining development takes place in Dutch and British territory in the Malay Archipelago. But Malayan Collieries are a real asset to this country, and everyone will probably agree that that asset is being wisely handled and developed with due regard to the rights of consumers.

Letter from J. A. Russell and Co. to The Collector of Land Revenue, Batu Gajah. 7th April 1930.

J. A. Russell and Co.

Kuala Lumpur

F. M. S.

7th April, 1930

EJV/M.

Your Ref: K. L. O. 266/30

Sir,

M. L. S. 6111 & 6187 BLANJA

We have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter no. 4 in K. L. O. 266/30 dated the 1st instant refusing to renew the above mining leases.

2. In our application for renewal we omitted to ask for protection under Section 20 of the Mining Enactment in respect of the labour conditions. Mining Leases 5926, 9036, 5927, 6111 & 6187 are all contiguous and form one compact block of 504 acres, held in our name on behalf of the Klian Kamuning Jawa Syndicate. They were acquired from Chia Teh and Chia Tah in April, 1928, so that we have been barely two years in possession. .

3. Mr. Lam Fook Chang of Ipoh began working for us on 21st: November, 1929, on the eastern boundary of M. L. 5926, adjoining M. L. 10948. He employs 70 coolies and an 85 H. P. engine, which represents a labour force equivalent to 740 coolies. He is now changing the engine for one of 120 H. P. which will increase the equivalent to 1030 coolies. He is also working on M. L. 10948, belonging to Tronoh Mines Ltd., and his lombong is partly in M. L. 5926 and partly in M. L. 10948.

4. We trust that in view of these circumstances you will be good enough to entertain the renewal of these two Leases. The Klian Kamuning Jawa Syndicate also owns Mining Leases 10956 and 9730, the former of which connects with the Southern boundary of M. L. 6187, and cancellation would cut out the middle part of the whole area. On M. L. 10956 a force of 60 coolies and a 120 H. P. engine was working until the 5th November, 1929; and on M. L. 9730 some 70 coolies and a 100 H. P. engine worked until the 15th of December, 1929.

5. In view of these circumstances we trust that we may be granted protection so that we may obtain renewal until 27th : March , 1938 when all these adjoining leases would expire together.

We have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servants,

per pro J. A. Russell & Co.

E. J. Vallentine.

From National Archives of Malaysia (Kinta Land Office.266/30). Transcribed by P.C.

From National Archives of Malaysia (Perak Mines 307-30). Transcribed by P.C.

Letter from J. A. Russell and Co. to The Warden of Mines, Perak, Batu Gajah. 15th April, 1930

J. A. Russell & Company.

No. 1 in Pk. Mines No. 397-30

Kuala Lumpur, 15th April, 1930.

Sir,

Lot Nos. 14276 14766

Mining Leases 5111 & 6187 Blanja

We have the honour to request your assistance in respect of the above Mining Leases, renewal of which has been refused vide letter No. 4 in K. L. O. 266-30, dated 1st April, 1930.

2. We omitted to ask for protection under Section 20 of the Mining Enactment in respect of the labour conditions and now trust that such protection may be considered. Mining Leases 5926, 9036, 5927, 6111 & 6187 are contiguous, forming one compact block of 504 acres, held in our name on behalf of the Klian Kamuning Java Syndicate. They were acquired from Chia Teh and Chia Tak in April, 1928, so that we have been barely two years in possession. Mining Leases 5926 and 5927 were renewed for nine years, so as to expire with Mining Lease 9036 on 27th : March, 1938, vide letter No. 9 in K. L. O. 833-29, dated 3rd : September, 1929. We trust that renewal for the other two leases until 27th: March, 1938, may also be favourably considered.

3. Mr. Lam Fook Chang of Ipoh began working for us on 21st: November, 1929, on the eastern boundary of M. L. 5926, adjoining M. L. 10948. He employs 70 coolies and an 85 H. P. engine, which represents a labour force equivalent to 740 coolies. He is now changing the engine for one of 120 H. P. which will increase the equivalent to 1030 coolies. He is also working on M. L. 10948, belonging to Tronoh Mines Ltd: and his lombong is partly in M. L. 5926 and partly in M. L. 10948.

4. The Syndicate also owns M. Ls. 10956 and 9730, the former of which connects with the southern boundary of M. L. 6187, and cancellation would cut out the middle part of the whole area. On M. L. 10956 a force of 60 coolies and a 120

H. P. 9730 some 70 coolies and a 100 H. P. engine worked until 15th: December, 1929.

5. In view of these circumstances we trust that we may be granted protection so that we may obtain renewal until 27th : March , 1938 when all these adjoining leases would expire together.

We have etc

Sgd: ?

From National Archives of Malaysia (Mines Dept Batu Gajah 117/30). Transcribed by P.C.

No 3 in Pk. 397-30.

List of Mining lands near Tronoh

owned by the Klian Kamuning Jawa

Syndicate

-----------------------------------------

Mining Lease Portion Area Reg. owner Reg. Sub-lessee

a. r. p

5926 13753 126. 0. 23. J. A. Russell None

9036 22847 123. 1. 34. do. do.

5927 13754 41. 0. 26 do. do.

6111 14276 153. 1. 22 do. do.

6187 14766 59. 3. 38 do. do.

10953 28954 0. 0. 25 do. do.

10956 28957 198. 3. 30 do. do.

9730 24420 51. 1. 30 do. do.

-----------------

754. 2. 28

------------------

per pro J. A. Russell and Company

Sgd: ?

22.4.30

From National Archives of Malaysia (Pk.397/30). Transcribed by P.C.

The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 2 May 1930, Page 17 PASSENGERS LEAVING. The following passengers are proceeding by the Rajputana sailing at 9 a.m. to-day, for Penang, Colombo, Bombay and Europe…. Mr. J. A. Russell…

The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 May 1930, Page 317 Mr. A. B. Milne, who is opening up a 5,000 acre tea estate in the vicinity of Cameron's Highlands, was in Ipoh recently.

No. 4 in Pk. Mines 397-30 Permit No. 23/30

Under Section 20 (i) of the Mining Enactment, 1928, permission is hereby given to J. A. Russell lessee holding lands under the mining leases specified in the schedule below to keep at work upon any one or more of the said lands the number of labourers or labour-saving apparatus equivalent thereto required under sub-section (iii) of section 16 of the Mining Enactment, 1928 in respect of the aggregate area of such lands.

S C H E D U L Eastern Mining and Rubber Co.

Area

M. L. No. Plan No. A. R. P. Mukim

5926 13753 126. 0. 23.

9036 22847 123. 1. 34.

5927 13754 41. 0. 26

6111 14276 153. 1. 22

6187 14766 59. 3. 38

10953 28954 0. 0. 25 .

10956 28957 198. 3. 30

9730 24420 51. 1. 30

__________

Total Area of Land = 754. 2. 28

(Sd.) B. W. Elles

ACTING BRITISH RESIDENT.

P E R A K

8th MAY, 1930.

K. L. O. 266-30 B. G. Mines No. 98-30 Pk. Mines No. 32/5/30

M. L. No. 6111-Lot No. 14276- Area 153 A – 1R – 22P

Date of Title – 12. 4. 10 – Date of expiry – 12.4. 31

Mukim Blanja – Sheet No. 177-7 & 8

Lessee - John Archibald Russell

Labour Force

December census 10…..No work.

11….. “ “

12….. “ “

30. 6. 13 …..No work

Dec. census 14…..868 coolies & 4 engines

192 C. H. P. with M. L.

6187 & etc

June “ 15…..1080 coolies and 4 engines

192 C. H. P. with M. L.

6187 & etc

Dec. census 15…..1045 coolies and 5 engines

192 C. H. P. with M. L.

2186 & etc

Dec. census 16…..1346 coolies & 7 engines

294 C. H. P. with M. L.

5926 & etc

“ “ 17…..No work

“ “ 18….. “ “

2. 7. 19….. “ “

Dec. census 19….. “ “

“ “ 20….. “ “

“ “ 21….. “ “

5. 12. 22….. “ “

31. 10. 23….. 30 coolies opencast

1. 12. 24….. No work

23. 10. 25….. “ “

19. 11. 26….. “ “

24. 11. 27….. 35 coolies Lampan

7. 11. 28….. No work

31. 10. 29….. No work

From National Archives of Malaysia (Kinta Land Office.266/30). Transcribed by P.C.

(NB Stamped Perak 3268 30 Regd. 13. 6. 30)

Letter to the Secretary to the Resident, Perak from the District Officer, Kinta. 11th June 1930

8 in K. L. O. No. 266-30

Kinta District Office,

Batu Gajah,

11th June 1930

Subject

Application by Mr. J. A. Russell for renewal of Mining Leases

6111 and 6187 Lots 14276 and 14766 Mukim of Blanja

____________________________

Sir,

I have the honour to report the receipt of an application dated the 10th. March, 1930, from Mr. J. A. Russell for renewal of Mining Leases 6111 and 6187 Lots 14276 and 14766 areas A. R. P/153. 1. 22. and A. R. P./59.3. 38 respectively in the Mukim of Blanja.

2. Mining Leases 6111 and 6187 were issued under “The Mining Enactment, 1904” on 12th April, 1910 and 20th July, 1910 and expire on 12th April 1931 and 20th July 1931 respectively. These are included in the Permit issued to Mr. Russell under section 20 of “The Mining Enactment, 1928”.

“A” & “B”

-----------------------------Labour record enclosed.

(To be returned)

3. Lots 14276 and 14766 are situated about 2 ½ miles south of Tronoh on the district boundary. These form part of the applicant’s other holdings in this locality.

4. The lessee owns 754 acres of mining land with 1458 coolies equivalent.

5. I put up a copy of a letter dated 7th April, 1930, from Mr. Russell’s attorney explaining the position of these and other leases in the vicinity.

6. With the concurrence of the Warden of Mines, Perak, I recommend extension of the term of the leases free of premium under section 24 (ii) (a) of the “The Mining Enactment, 1928” for a further period of seven (7) years each so as to coincide with the date of expiry of the lease over the adjoining lot 22847.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant

DISTRICT OFFICER, KINTA.

From National Archives of Malaysia (Kinta Land Office.266/30). Transcribed by P.C.

Letter from Collector of Land Revenue, Kinta, Batu Gajah to J. A. Russell and Co. 24/6/1930

No. 10 in K. L. O. 266/30

Kinta Land Office

Batu Gajah, 24th June, 1930.

Sir,

With reference to your application of 10th March current for renewal of Mining Leases 6111 and 6187 Lots 14276 and 14766, areas 153 acres 1 rood 23 poles and 59 acres 3 roods 38 poles respectively in the Mukim of Blanja, I have the honour to inform you that the Resident has approved that the terms of the leases be extended for a further period of seven (7) years each from 12th April and 20th July, 1931 respectively, free of premium and rent $1/- per acre per annum.

2. I shall be glad if you will forward the issue copies of the leases to me for endorsement of the extension granted under section 24(ii) (a) of the Mining Enactment, 1928.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant

Sd. D. Beckett

Collector of Land revenue, Batu Gajah.

From National Archives of Malaysia (Kinta Land Office.266/30). Transcribed by P.C.

The Straits Times, 12 June 1930, Page 4 , The Straits Times, 13 June 1930, Page 6 , The Straits Times, 14 June 1930, Page 4 MALAYAN COLLIERIES, LTD . Notice of Declaration of Dividend No. 38 and Closure of SHARE REGISTERS. NOTICE is hereby given that the Directors have declared a First Interim Dividend of 7 and a half per cent in respect of the year ending Dec. 31, 1930 payable on… J. A. Russell and Co. …June 21, 1930

Letter from J. A. Russell to Collector of Land Revenue, Batu Gajah, 25th June, 1930. J. A. Russell and Co. Kuala Lumpur, F. M. S. 25th June, 1930 Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th instant numbered 10 in K. L. O. 226/30, informing me that the Resident has approved the extension of Leases 6111 and 6187, Mukim of Blanja, for 7 years. 2. I enclose the two leases for the endorsement of this extension. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant p.p. J. A. Russell R.C. Russell From National Archives of Malaysia (Kinta Land Office.17/1932). Transcribed by P.C.

M. O. Rasa 150/29

M. L. 1938. Per. 270 Area. 10a. 3r. 28p. Peretak.

Date of title. 22.11.10 Former title. M. C. 305 0f 20.1.09.

Lessee. Bakau Tin Limited.

Record of work

Date Notes

18. 5.09. 11 coolies lampan

23.11.09. 2 “ “

7. 12.10. 2 “ “

10.12.11. 2 “ fossicking

17.11.12. No work

13.11.13. 6 coolies lampan

14.12.14. 4 “ “

10. 7.15. 6 “ fessicking

30.12.15. 2 “ “

12. 7.16. 2 “ “

12.12.16. No work

19. 6.17. 4 “ “

21.11.17. to 7.12.18. No work

5. 6. 19. 3 “ fossicking

9. 11.19 to 4.1.22. No work

23.6. 22. 3 chabut fossicking

23.12.22. to 6.12.23. No work

12. 6. 24. See M. L. 1939

9.12. 24. 1 Water wheel 4 stamps working in M. L. 1939

18. 5. 25. No work

10.12.25. 1 Water wheel 4 stamps see M. L. 1939

26. 5. 26. to 22.11.26 No work

7. 6. 27. See M. L. 1939

5.10. 27. to 3.12.28. No work

24.5. 29. “ “

30.12.29. “ “

27.5. 30. “ “

Inspector of Mines

Rasa.

M. O. Rasa 150/29

M. L. 1939. Per. 272 Area. 30a. 0r. 30p. Peretak.

Date of title. 22.11.10 Former title. M. C. 306 0f 20.1.09.

Lessee. Bakau Tin Limited. Sub-Leases no. 9/26 to Tan Boon Chia on 10. 12. 26

Record of work

Date Notes

18. 5.09. 9 coolies lampan

23.11.09. 4 “ “

7. 12.10. 2 “ “

10.12.11. 12 “ fossicking

3. 8. 12. 64 “ lampan

17.11.12. 116 “ opencast

13.11.13. 56 “ “ 1 Bengali

14.12.14. 23 “ “

17. 6.15. 13 “ fossicking

30.12.15. See M. L. 1868

11.12.16. -do-

19. 6.17. 5 coolies fossicking

21.11.17. No work

5. 6.18. See M. L. 1868

21.12.18. -do-

5. 6. 19. 90 coolies shafting & 1 watchman

9. 11.19 3 “ fossicking

30 6. 20. 46 chabut lampan

6. 1. 21. 32 “ “

28. 6. 21. 46 “ “

4. 1. 22. See M. L. 1868

23.6. 23. -do-

23.12.23. 24 chabut lampan

19. 6. 23. 58 Pechah Batu, 20 shafting & 2 watchmen =101 Coolies

(44 K. S. K. & 57 chabut) 1 Engine 8 H. P. 1 W. W. 4 stamps

5. 10.23 44 Pechah Batu, 20 lampan & 1 watchmen =65 wages

1 water wheel 4 stamps & 1 Engine 8 H. P.

12. 6. 24. 35 K. S. K. 1 Watchman 26 Chabut lampan

9.12. 24. 56 K. S. K. & 1 Watchman Pechah Batu & 26 Chabut lampan

=83 Coolies & 1 Engine 8 H. P.

18. 5. 25. 45 K. S. K. Shafting 20 Chabut lampan = 66 Coolies with

watchman

10.12.25. 87 K. S. K. 1 Engine 8 H. P. 2 Water wheels 8 stamps

26. 5. 26. 53 K. S. K. 1 watchman 2 Water wheels 8 stamps

1 Engine 8 H. P.

22.11.26, 35 K. S. K., 1 watchman, & 25 chabut lampan = 60 men

2 water wheels and 1 oil Engine 8 H. P.

7. 6. 27. 50 K. S. K. lampan, 31 shafting 1 watchman 2 W. W.= 60 men

5.10. 27. 121 K. S. K.,1 watchman 2 water wheels 8 stamps (65 lampan 56 shafting)= 121 men

28.6. 28 35 K. S. K. 1 Engine 8 H. P. shafting 1 watchman

24.5. 29. 84 K. S. K. 1 watchman shafting and lampoon 2 W. W. 8 stamps 1 engine 8 H. P. 4 stamps

30.12.29. 80 K. S. K. 1 watchman shafting 2 W. Ws 8 stamps 1 engine 8 H. P. 4 stamps

26.5. 30. 130 K. S. K. 1 watchman shafting 1 oil engine 40 H. P. 9 stamps 1 motor engine 25 H. P. 2 W.Ws. 8 stamps

Inspector of Mines

Rasa.

The Straits Times, 19 July 1930, Page 13  SELANGOR F.A. CUP. Teams Which Meet in First Round. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July I8. At a committee meeting of the Selangor Football Association held last night at the Selangor Recreation, Club, the draws for the Cup ties resulted as follows: The following teams have been exempted from the first round: Selangor Club, Selangor, Eurasian Association “A”, Chinese “A”, Tamils “A”, Kuala Rovers and Sultan Suleiman “A”. The first round in which the following teams are to play, is to be completed before the end of July. . Bye: Rangers Chinese ‘B” vs. Malayan Collieries. Mr. A. Watt will referee. Malays “B” vs. Eurasian “B”, Mr. S. C. E. Singam will referee. Tamils “B” vs. Rompers, Mr. Rodgers will referee.

The Straits Times, 15 September 1930, Page 4 The Straits Times, 16 September 1930, Page 6 The Straits Times, 17 September 1930, Page 4 MALAYAN COLLIERIES, LTD . Notice of Declaration of Dividend No. 39 and Closure of SHARE REGISTERS. 0. NOTICE is hereby given that the Directors here declared a Second Interim Dividend of Seven and a half per cent. in respect of the year ending December 31, 1930. ….J. A. Russell and Co… Sept 15, 1930

The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 17 October 1930, Page 10 A meeting of the F.M.S. Section of the Permanent Way Institution was held on Saturday, when, by courtesy of Messrs. Malayan Collieries Ltd., a visit was paid to the scene of that Companies operations at Batu Arang. A party consisting of the Vice President, Major J. C. G. Spooner, M.C. and 84 members made a very comprehensive tour. MM.

Malay Mail, Friday, October 24, 1930 COMPANY REPORT BAKAU TIN LIMITED Interim Dividend of Five Per Cent.

THE GUNONG BAKAU DEPOSITS

The directors’ report for the year ended June 30, 1930, of Bakau Tin Ltd., for presentation at the 15th annual general meeting of shareholders, to be held in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 27, states as follows:-

The net profit for the year is $7,878.07, which, with $3,464.82 brought forward from the previous year, makes a total of $11,342.89 at the credit of profit and loss account. From this has to be deducted $5000, which was absorbed in the payment of an interim dividend of 3% on May 14, 1930, leaving a balance of $6,342.89 available, which your directors recommend be carried forward.

Messrs. H. H. Robbins and F. J. Gore retire by rotation from the board and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election.

MANAGING AGENTS’ REPORT

The managing agents, in their report, state, inter alia, as follows:-

The total output of dressed tin ore was 2,896.29 pikuls less than for the previous year. The ore realised $ 158,513.77, an average price of $54.73 per pikul, showing a decrease of $33, 589.83 in value and a reduction in price of $9.77 per pikul compared with the figures for the year ended June 30, 1929.

Pikuls

Total ore sold $ 2,896.29

Total value $158,513.77

Average price per pikul $ 54.73

Total tribute $ 20,228.16

Average tribute rate 12.76%

Bakau Group (Selangor)—The group produced 72% of the total output, an increase of 562,70 pikuls from that of the previous year, most of which came from the Lower Bakau lode on M. I. 1939. It is being worked on sub-lease by Mr. Tan Boon Chin, with a labour force of 132 coolies and a 9-stamp mill, driven by a 40 H. P. oil engine. Owing to the low tin price, the tribute rate was reduced in May from 13% to a sliding scale, ranging from 10% when the local selling price of ore is under 850 per pikul to 13% when the price rises above 860 peer pikul.

VALUABLE LEASE RENEWED

The lode is being worked along a straight run of 485 ft. and has been stoped out to 123 ft. below the surface or 70 ft. below the adit level, the average width being over 4 ft. It is apparently cut by a fault at the north-east end of the stope, and it gets small and low in grade at the south-west end. A 3in. pump driven by a petrol engine lifts drainage water up to the adit level.

The slope is becoming more expensive to work as it increases in depth, and some driving should be done beyond the fault at the north-east end to endeavour to pick up the continuation of the lode, which is believed to extend through the new 12 acre lease recently issued to the company.

No new discoveries of tin bearing veins or lodes have resulted from the stripping of overburden on the slopes of Gunong Bakau, which was continued throughout the year by a small force of coolies lampanning with a scanty water supply conveyed in a pipe.

Practically all the output from the Bakau Group is being won from mining lease no. 1939, area 30 ac. 0 r. 30 p., which expires on Nov. 22, 1930. A renewal of this lease was applied for on May 27, 1929, and since the close of the financial year we have been informed that the application has been granted for 15 years at a premium of $10 per acre.

LEASE GRANTED TO SUBLESSEE

Chinchong Group (Pahang).—This group produced 28% of the total output, a reduction of 660.13 pikuls from that of the previous year. Most of the ore was won from the quartz topaz still on mining lease no. 508, area 63 ac. 1 r. 30 p., which was worked by Mr. Kon Chin Kwee on a registered sub-lease. The lease was due to expire on Aug. 11. 1930, and an application for renewal was made by the company, but Government decided that a new lease would be granted direct to Mr. Kon Chin Kwee, while he would also be given a new lease for mining lease no. 501, area 5, ac. 0 r. 02p., which belonged to the company and was also due to expire, although he had no registered sub-lease over it.

Government has previously issued new leases direct to registered sublessees on the expiry of the original leases in cases where the lease owners did not work the land themselves, but collected tribute without having risked any capital or taken any active part in mining their own land. However, in this case, the circumstances are very different.

HOW SUBLEASE WAS GRANTED

The leases were bought by the company in 1917 and since then have been mined by various Chinese kongsis who were financed by Chop Thye Yeng Chan, the Kuala Kulu office of Messrs. J. A. Russell and Co., managing agents for the company. A tin bearing lode known as a quartz-topaz sid was opened up on M. I. 508 at considerable expense and under the supervision of a European mining engineer. Mr. Kon Chin Kwee(at one time an overseer in the Mines department) was working in the mine and was successful in negotiating for a water supply from Anak Sungei Terling for use on the company’s land to remove over-burden from the quarts topaz sill. He offered to pay a half share of the cost of the pipe line, the company paying the other half, which amounted to $5, 104.35. As a recompense for this service he asked for a registered sublease over M. I. 508 for the unexpired portion of the lease, which was duly given to him on Nov. 15, 1926.

GEOLOGISTS INTERESTED

It is difficult to make any pronouncement as to the future. Much interest is still maintained by geologists in the Gunong Bakau deposits. At our request Dr. F. T. Ingham of the Geological Dept. F. M. S. made a visit and as a consequence published a long article in the “Mining Magazine” of March 1930, in which he stated that mineralization in this area was both intense and extensive and that veins of quartz-topaz rock would prove to be the main source of tin ore.

Exploration for the north-east extension of the Lower Bakau Lode would seem to offer the best chance of a profitable development.

It is most probable that further ore deposits still remain to be found, but they will only be located by a systematic search which might involve a considerable outlay.

The Straits Times, 25 November 1930, Page 13 ,The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 26 November 1930, Page 10 TO HELP WORKLESS EUROPEANS. Committees Appointed In The Colony. It is announced that the Straits Settlements Government has appointed the following local committees to deal with the question of unemployment among Europeans. (List for different districts) The following donations have been received: (list including: Malayan Collieries $250.

18 December 1930 Letter to Bob from Archie about their father's death.

106,Fenchurch Street London 18 December 1930 My dear Bob, I have just cabled you the news of poor fathers passing away last night. He got ill on Friday night and I went down on Saturday morning and had lunch with him, but his mind was wandering at times. I went back on Sunday morning and stayed until midnight, when he seemed to have dropped off to sleep, as I got ready to drive home. He had however; a very restless night and Dolly could not keep him in bed, so on Monday when George arrived we got a male nurse to come down for that night. George unfortunately had to leave early to go to Scotland. On Tuesday morning I engaged a day male nurse as well, and I stayed on at Wimbledon. Ethel was over all day, but I persuaded her to go back at midnight to Epsom and to come back again early on Wednesday morning. He was very gentle and patient, and although he wandered in his mind most of the time, he frequently had periods when he was quite lucid; but his speech was thick and difficult to follow. On Wednesday, that is last night, Ethel also stayed the night; but the poor dear old man passed away at 11.45 pm. He was very peaceful at the end and just seemed to drop off to sleep. He had been conscious for about half an hour at 5.30 in the afternoon and he recognised Dolly, Ethel and myself and smiled at us and murmured our names. He spoke a good deal to us but we could not catch what he was saying. I think however that he was apologising to us for being a nuisance. He held our hands tightly. Although his breathing was so difficult and he was so restless the doctor assured us that he only felt discomfort and no pain. Just towards the end he was quite calm. The cause of death was anaemia due to failure of the kidneys. He died on the anniversary of Birch’s death, which had upset him rather at the time. After his death he looked so peaceful and handsome, quite 20 years younger, with all the lines and wrinkles smoothed from his face and all the over colouring gone. We are burying him at East Sheen cemetery on Monday. It is a very pretty cemetery and he had expressed a wish to be laid there when his time came. When he got ill I told him that I would cancel my passage and I did so on Monday morning. I shall now have to come out by the Markunde? Leaving Marseilles on 16th January and coming on by Athos II ) mess agencies? Maritime from Colombo or by the Rawalpindie from Marseilles on 30th Jan. I suppose that you had better inform the Masonic Lodge of father’s death I think that it was fathers wish to go as he did. His sight was rapidly failing him and he feared going blind. He also feared having a stroke, or lingering on in a helpless condition. He said he had had on the whole a full and happy life and was prepared to leave. He was a wonderful man, the kindest most considerate, brave and honest man I have ever known. He also had a very fine intellect, and, in his younger days was a wonderful worker. But he had no personal ambition as apart from pride in his work, and no desire for personal advancement. His generosity was astonishing and only equalled by his sense of honour. I think he was the finest father in the world and I believe he must have been a good and devoted husband. He left a long lock of mother’s hair to be buried with him. It was a beautiful golden brown. It is hard to understand that we shall not see him in this world again. He was such a lovable man. I think that anybody who ever knew him well must have loved him. God rest his dear soul. Yours with love, Archie.

Malay Mail, Friday, December 19, 1930 Page 8. Death of Mr. John Russell. A cable has been received this morning in Kuala Lumpur announcing the death of Mr. Russell who was for many years in the Government Service here. The news of his death will be received with much regret by his old friends in Selangor, and the sympathy of all will go out to his sons, who are so closely identified with the commercial and business life of British Malaya. Mr. Russell was well on in the seventies and had been ailing for some time past; but the latest mail news was re-assuring. A member of our staff had the pleasure of meeting Mr. John Russell at Richmond in the summer and found him still keenly interested in all Malayan affairs. He was an extremely industrious and capable man. He produced the first magazine to be published in Kuala Lumpur. It was called the “Selangor Journal.” He also played his part in the social life of his town and was for a long time on the committee of the Selangor Club. Soon after his arrival in this country he had the misfortune to lose his wife in a carriage accident, and on his shoulders alone fell the task of bringing up a family of five sons, who, with one exception, survive him. It must have been a source of great satisfaction to him that they have all made good positions for themselves. He was a fine man and a good father.

The Straits Times, 20 December 1930, Page 12 DEATH OF MR. J. RUSSELL. Early Resident of Kuala Lumpur. (From our own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec 19 News has been received here of the death in England of Mr. John Russell, who was for many years in Government service in Malaya and one of the earliest residents of Kuala Lumpur. Mr J. A. Russell, managing director of Malayan Collieries Ltd., and Mr. R. C. Russell, also of Kuala Lumpur, are two of his four sons.

The Straits Times, 22 December 1930, Page 4 MALAYAN COLLEIRIES, LTD Notice of Declaration of Dividend No. 40 and closure of share Registers……Third Interim dividend of 5% year ending December 30, 1930 J. A. Russell and Co. Dec 18, 1930

The Straits Times, 27 December 1930, Page 8 PASSENGERS. The following passengers for Malaya left London on Nov. 28 in the P. and O. Comorin, due in Singapore today:-….Mr. J. A. Russell..( NB He was not on this ship see above letter.)