GB 891 WR-WR/5

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Series

1 archival folder printed, copied and typed

• [1940 - 1990] (Creation)

Royal Asiatic Society Archives

Documents, copies of documents and articles collated by Roff, and a table of Hajj statistics. These are: * Passport Application form issued by the Passport Office, Colonial Secretary's Office, Singapore. Printed form, predating 1955 when the Colonial Secretary's Office ceased to exist. * 'Federation of Malaya, Report of the Pilgrims Economic Welfare Committee, presented to Parliament by command of His Majesty the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong, ordered by the Dewan Ra'ayat to lie upon the table, 14 August 1962'. Photocopy of the report, 16 pieces, stamped University of Singapore Library, 25 August 1962. * 'Federation of Malaya, Act of Parliament, No. 34 of 1962, Malayan Muslim Pilgrims Savings Corporation Act, 1962'. Report concerning the incorporation of the Savings Corporation to manage a fund for the maintenance and utilisation of savings in connection with pilgrimage to Mecca. Printed, 4 pieces, dated, 7 September 1962. * 'Malaysia Act of Parliament, No. 83 or 1965, Muslims Pilgrims (Amendment) Act, 1965'. An act to amend the Muslims Pilgrims Ordinance, 1951. Printed, 1 piece, dated 5 November 1965. * 'Law of Malaysia, Act 8, Lembaga Urusan Dan Tabong Haji Act, 1969'. An Act concerning pilgrimage given Royal Assent on 22 April 1969. Printed pamphlet, 52 pages. * 'Pilgrims' progress, Asian style' by Nancy Nash, article from the Far Eastern Economic Review, 17 November 1978. With the article is a map of Mecca, a pentagram of the approaches to Mecca, glued onto a piece of paper with typed labels, and a photocopy of a map entitled 'Mecca: Centre of the World'. 5 pieces. * 'Taj Mahals in the Desert' by Virginia Fairweather, an article about the planned airports for Saudi Arabia, from Civil Engineering, November 1984. Printed, 3 pieces. * 'Table 1, Statistics of the eastern Pilgrimages, table listing numbers of pilgrims from eastern nations between 1882 and 1936. 2 versions.

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