PAHANG
protection, and in August, 1888, the Sultan, acting under the advice of the Sultan of Johore, applied for a British Resident to assist in the administration of the country, which request was acceded to in October of that year.
The predominant rock is slate, but granite, sandstone, limestone, quartz, and schist abound, while traces of volcanic action at some remote age are shown by the presence of basalt, trachyte, &c. As regards its mineralogy, the state has always possessed a high reputation for its product of gold and tin. Though during recent periods these have been but little sought, the wonderful old gold workings discovered by Messrs. Knaggs and Gower show that, wild, desolate, and abandoned as the greater portion of the state now appears to be, it must, at some very remote time, have been well known and populated. "At the present day," says Mr. Skinner, "the principal gold mines are in the valley of the Pahang, at Lipis, Jelei, Semantan, and Luet; gold is also found as far south as the Bera. There is also a mine of galena on the Kwantam at Sungei Lembing; and tin is found throughout the country, both in the neighbourhood of the gold mines above mentioned, and in places like the river Triang and the river Bentang, where gold is not worked." The Pahang Corporation has opened tin mines at Sungei Lembing and Jeram Batang, another mine at Kabang having also been commenced. These mines are situated at the Kuantan district. The gold-bearing districts, Punjom and Raub, have, however, attracted far more attention from European capitalists. The principal gold-workings of the peninsula lie almost entirely along a not very wide line drawn from Mounts Ophir and Segama (the southern limit of the auriferous chain), through the very heart of the peninsula to the Kalian Mas or gold-diggings of Patani and Selepin in the north. The best tin workings of Pahang lie near the Selangor hills on the river Bentong and near the gold workings at Jelei and Talom. Pahang tin is said to be the only tin on the east coast which can rival that of Perak and Selangor in whiteness and pliancy.
The imports in 1899 amounted to $1,532,000 and the exports to $2,062,000.
DIRECTORY
GOVERNMENT
Sultan-His Highness AHMAD MUATHAM SHAH IBINI ALMERHUM ALI British Resident-HUGH Clifford, c.M.G.
Acting British Resident-F. DUBERLY
H. H. The Sultan, President
The British Resident
Tungku Besar
The Tungku Muda
The Ungku Muda
COUNCIL OF STATE
The Dato Shoh Bandar
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The Dato Mahraja Perba of Telai Imam Prang Indera Mapkota
Imam Prang Indera Stiä Raja Tuan Mandak
The Dato Bendahara
KUALA LIPIS
BRITISH RESIDENCY
British Resident-Hugh Clifford, C.M.G.
Acting do. -F. Duberly
Chief Clerk-A. De Vos
First do. -T. A. Reutens
Second do. —A. S. Bartholomensz
DISTRICT OFFICERS
District Officer, Temerloh-E. F. Townley
Do.,
Do.,
Do.,
Pekan-T. C. Fleming
Kuantan-H. W. Thomson
Raub-J. S. Mason
Do., Lipis A. F. Worthington
Assistant, Pekan-W. Conlay
Cadets-M. Frost, J. E. Bishop, H.
Norman, F. Emerie
AUDIT OFFICE
Auditor-C. B. Mills
Clerks-M. P. Jeremiah, C. Kandiah
COURTS
Judge The Judicial Commissioner (L C.
Jackson, K.C.)
Magistrates-The District Officers
Native Magistrate-Saiyid Amin
Do.
Haji Andak
Clerk-Lo A Peng
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
Acting Res, Surgeon-P. N. Gerrard, M.D. District Surgeon→D. H. McClosky
Gaoler-H. Pizer
PRISONS
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