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xiii NOTE ON MALAY SPELLING AND CURRENCY Throughout this book I have adopted the new Malay spelling, or ejaan baru. Johor is spelt in the Malay way without the letter e at the end of the word. Unless otherwise specified, the currency referred to is the Malayan dollar, which was worth sterling 2s.4d. during the prewar period. NOTE ON SPELLING OF CHINESE LANGUAGE SCRIPT The Romanized spelling of the Chinese language characters in the text was originally done according to the Wade-Giles system. It has been retained in this edition. ...

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