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FEDERATED MALAY STATES-PAHANG
KEDAH
ESTATES
Bagan Samak and Chan Seng, 1,875 acres, Parit, Buntar, Perak, Rubber & Coconuts Henrietta, 3,848 acres, Butterworth, P.W.,
Para Rubber
Jitra, Alor Star, Rubber
Kedah, 2,300 acres, Parit Buntar, Perak,
Rubber
Paya Kamunting, 2,250 acres, Alor Star,
Kedah, Rubber
Sungei Batu, 2,300 acres, Similing, Rubber Sungei Ular, 700 acres cultivated, Kulim,
Rubber
Victoria, 9,000 acres, Lunas, Kedah, Rubber
and Coconuts
KELANTAN
Balah, 1,472 acres, Kuala Lebir, Rubber Kenneth, 460 acres cultivated, Kuala
Lebir, Rubber
Kluat, 313 acres cultivated, Kuala Lebir,
Rubber
Kerilla, 2,000 acres, Kuala Lebir, Rubber Chaning, 2,000 acres, Kuala Lebir, Bubber Kuala Pergau, 2,510 acres, Rubber
Kuala Hau, 500 acres, Kota Bahru, Para
Rubber
Kusiah, 1,735 acres, Kota Bahru, Rubber Pasir Besar, 2,500 acres, Pasir Besar,
Rubber
Pasir Gajah, 1,000 acres, Rubber
Pasir Jinggi, 818 acres, Kuala Lebir,
Rubber
Shanghai Kelantan, 2,000 acres, Rubber Anglo-Kelantan, 2,000 acres, Kota Bahru, Taku, 7124 acres cultivated, Kuala Lebir,
Rubber
Rubber
(For Other Estates Ser Under Their Respective Districts.)
PAHANG
The State of Pahang lies between Tringganu and Johore, and extends along the eastern side of the peninsula from 2 deg. 40 min. to 4 deg. 35 min. N., its coast line being about 130 miles in length. The area of the State is estimated at 10,000 square miles, and its principal river, which drains a large extent of country, is known by the same name. The river Pahang is, however, owing to its shallowness, navigable for small craft only. The country is sparsely populated, there being, according to the census of 1904, 84,113 inhabitants, of whom about 73,462 were Malays and 8,695 Chinese.
The capital of the State is Pekan, a town situated a few miles from the mouth of the river Pahang, where is also the seat of Government. The State is under British 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, etc. As regards its minerology, 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, Punjou 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