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THE NEGRI SEMBILAN PAHANG
ST. PAUL'S INSTITUTION-Seremban
Director- Rev. Bro. Basilian Asst. Teachers Rev. Bros. Denis, William, Benedict, Theophilus, Pat- rick, Peter
Girls' Echool (Convent) Lady Superioress-Rev. Mother St.
Marcellin and 11 sisters
STRAITS TRADING CO., LTD., Seremban.
E. Cameron, manager
F. J. Huett, asst.
V. Bracken, clerk
Smelting Works at Pulo Brani, Singa- pore and Penang: Branches at Perak, Selangor and Tongkah
SUNGEI UJONG CLUB, Seremban - Tel. Ad:
Club Seremban
Geo. H. Harrop, secretary
TOWN DISPENSARY, THE, Chemists'
Druggists and Opticians, Seremban
Dr. S. R. Krishnan, physician and
surgeon-in-charge
P. Dairiam, manager
VIVEKANANDA STUDENTS' HALL, THE, Negri Sembilan, Established in 1908 Hon. Secretary-W. F. Raja Gopal Hon. Treasurer S. Cumerasu
JELEBU
GARDNER, JNo., Planter
JELEBU CLUB
Hon. Secretary-A. Braddon
JELEBU READING ROOM
Hon. Secretary-R. C. Cussen
PAHANG
The State of Pahang lies between Trengganu 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 1911, 118,708 inhabitants, of whom 87,106 were Malays and 24,287 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 Kuantan 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 Bentong, where gold is not worked." The Palang 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 tip