Telegraphic price reports from Penang Consulate-General (circa mid-1930s onward) is a document described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in connection with Aceh. Telegraphic reports on product prices in Penang, created to break Chinese middlemen’s excessive profits (which were due to population’s ignorance of Penang wholesale prices).
Date
circa mid-1930s onward
Parties
Consulaat-Generaal (Penang) → Gewestelijk Bestuurshoofd of Aceh
Subject
Telegraphic reports on product prices in Penang, created to break Chinese middlemen’s excessive profits (which were due to population’s ignorance of Penang wholesale prices). Enabled Hoofden and Atjehers to ship products directly to Penang when Chinese tried to depress prices.
Significance
Telegraphic price reports from Penang Consulate-General is recorded by Jongejan as part of the documentary record of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. —.