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THE NEGRI SEMBILAN PAHANG
SEREMBAN TIN MIXING Co., LTD.-Ser-
emban
Manager A. M. Pilter
Attorney and General Managers—
Osborne & Chappel, Ipoh, Perak
ST. PAUL'S INSTITUTION-Seremban Director-Rev. Bro. Adrian
Sub- do. Bro. Theophilus Asst. Teachers Bros. William, Lonan Hugh, David King, Timothy
Girls' School (Convent)
Lady Superioress-Rev. Mother St.
Marcellin and 11 Sisters
STRAITS TRADING Co., LTD. - Seremban ; Smelting Works at Pulo Brani, Singa- pore and Penang. Branches at Perak, Selangor and Tongkah
Alec. Stronach, acting manager
V. Bracken, clerk
SUNGEI UJONG CLUB, Seremban Tel. Ad:
Club Seremban
H. W. T. Fogden, secretary
Chemists,
TOWN DISPENSARY, THE,
Druggists and Opticians-Seremban
Dr. S. R. Krishnan, consultg. physician Dr. A. M. Soosay, resident physician and surgeon, The Town Dispensary, and consulting physician to the Japanese Medical Hall, Seremban
UNITED ENGINEERS, LTD., Engineers and
Contractors-Tel. Ad: United
J. L. Hope, manager
H. W. Evans, asst. manager
A. Santa Maria
E. W. Clark
L. Soon Teck
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Q. Bom Swee
A. Danker
VIVEKANANDA STUDENTS' HALL, THE-
Negri Sembilan
V. Tambimuttu, hon. secretary R. Rajah, hon. treasurer
WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & Co., LTD. (Incor- porated in England), Drapers, Outfitters, Boot and Shoe Merchants-Jalan Tunku Hassan, Seremban. London Office: 5, Cripplegate Buildings
0. ̊C. Banks, manager
Thomas
Miss M. Franciscus
R. Silvanayagam Miss Fernesoes
JELEBU
GARDNER, JNO., Planter
JELEBU CLUB
Hon. Secretary-A. Braddon
JELEBU READING ROOM
President-G. H. Nash
Hon. Secretary-R. Nagavanam Committee-C. C. W. Leddelow, S. Candyah, Raja Petra, Towkay E. Eheng Chuan, J. Gomes
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
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