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THE NEGRI SEMBILAN PAHANG
VIVEKANANDA STUDENTS' HALL, THE
Negri Sembilan
V. Thambyinuttu, hon. secretary R Rajah, hon. treasurer
WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & Co., LTD. (Incor- porated in England), Drapers, Outfitters- Boot and Shoe Merchants-Birch Road, Seremban. Teleph. 65; London Office: 5, Cripplegate Buildings
WRIGHT, FRANCIS A., M.A.(Oxon), Barrister- at-Law, Advocate and Solicitor, F. M. S 100, Birch Road, Seremban
JELEBU
BUKIT KUAH ESTATE-Postal Ad:-Jelebu;
Tel. Ad: Murray Robertson, Jelebu
F. R. Murray Robertson
JELEBU ESTATE
Farleigh Robertson, manager Mrs. Farleigh Robertson
JELEBU CLUB
Hon. Sec.-Farleigh Robertson
RELEBU READING ROOM
President-G. H. Nash
Hon. Secretary-C. S. Sundram Committee-W. F. Lamonby, K. Ponniah, R. V. Alagacone, R. M. S. Pillay, E. Cheng Chuan
KWALA KLAWANG RUBBER TIN ESTATE
Manager-F. R. Murray Robertson
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 14,300 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 population was estimated at 138,600 at the end of 1916.
The capital of the State is Kuala Lipis, situated at the mouth of the Lipis river, 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 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. Gold is worked on a large scale at Raub by the Raub Australian Mining Company and on a small scale at Penjom by Chinese and Malays. The Pahang Consolidated Company, Ltd., have large tin mines at Sungei Lembing in the Kuantan district, and there is much tin mining in the Bentong-Raub and at Gambong in the Kuantan district.
The administrative expenditure has in the past exceeded the income, and the State in 1916 owed $10,809,743 to other States of the Federation. The country promises soon to emerge from its backward condition. This backwardness was due chiefly to the lack of proper means of communication. The indebtedness incurred by the State is represented by public improvements that are going to prove of a remunerative character in years to come. Excellent roads have been constructed,