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these have been but little sought, the wonderful old gold workings discovered by Messrs. Knaggs and Gower show that the State 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 elsewhere 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 districts and at Gambang in the Kuantan district.
The revenue for 1927 amounted to $7,222,539 and the expenditure to $8,255,129. The State on January 1st, 1928, owed $14,917,741 to other States of the Federation. 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, opening up land for planting and aiding prospecting for minerals. All the principal towns are now connected by telegraph, and the new trunk railway, which is to make another connection between the F.M.S. system and the Siamese Railways, is in an advanced stage, having reached the Kelantan boundary from the southern junction at Gemas. When this line is completed it will be possible to travel by rail from Singapore to Bangkok through Kelantan.
The quantity of copra exported in 1927 amounted to 615 tons, as against 907 tons in 1926. The exports of rubber were valued at $5,292,147, as against $9,046,980 in 1926. The exports of tin and tin-ore, viz., 25,915 nett piculs, showed a decrease in quantity of 7,206 nett piculs and a decrease in value of $1,081,273 on that for the previous year. Gold amounting to 9,918 ozs. valued at $330,213 was produced by the Raub-Australian Gold Mining Co.
The total value of trade for the year 1927 was $18,416,770, as against $22,947,261 in 1926, a decrease of $4,530,491.
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DIRECTORY
GOVERNMENT
SULTAN-ALMOKTASIM BILLAH AL SULTAN ABDULLAH, K.C.M.G., IBNI ALMERHOM AL. SULTAN AHMAD AL. MA'ATHAM SHAH
British Resident-Hon. Mr. A. F. Worthington, M.C.S.
Malay Secretary to His Highness-Tungku Mahmud ibni Sultan Abdullah A.D.C.-Che Ongku Mohamed bin Ungku Bendahara
COUNCIL OF STATE
His Highness the Sultan, president
Hon. British Resident
Tungku Suleiman ibini Almerhum Sultan
Ahmad (The Tungku Besar)
Che Ungku Penglima Besar
Orang Kaya Maharaja Perba of Jelai
Orang Kaya Indera Shahbandar
Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan
Orang Kaya Indera Segaya
Che Mahmud bin Mat, M.C.S.
BRITISH RESIDENCY
Residt.-Hon. Mr. A: F. Worthington, M.C.S. Secretary to Resident-R. E. Wilson, M.c.s. Office Assistant--K. Kandiah,
Clerks, Class II-E. E. Especkerman, V. S.
Mathavar and J. P. Danker Stenographer S. Selvadorai
Malay Writer-Mohd. Simin bin Bundak
DISTRICT OFFICERS
Lipis
District Officer-W. Linehan
Assist. do. Abdul Malik bin Yusof (actg.). Deputy Assist. District Officer-Abdul
Raffar bin Mohd. Amin.
Settlement Officer-Ujang bin Menuang Sanitary Inspector-S. K. Pillai Chief Clerk V. Kanapathypillay Registration Clerk-V. Coomarasamy Land Clerks C. Muttutamby and Bhag-
wan Singh
Raub
District Officer, Raub-E. Jago, M.C.S. Malay Assistant-Che Ahmad bih Osman: Settlement Officer-Che Abdul Rahim Chief Clerk-See Phow
Land do. -Bagga Singh Malay Writer-Che Sintol
Sanitary Inspector-K. Karthegesu