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. —.