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PAHANG
August, 1888, the Sultan, acting under the advice of the Sultan of Johore, applied for a British Resident to assist in the adininistration of the country, which reqnist 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 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 1930 amounted to $5,432,685 and the expenditure to $7,158,215. The State on January 1st, 1931, owed $21,786,832 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 1930 amounted to 586.91 tons, as against 700.15 tons in 1929. The exports of rubber were valued at $3,233,714 as against $5,476,133 in 1929. The quantity of tin-ore exported was 3,639.19 tons valued at $3,199,882, an increase in quantity of 688.67 tons and decrease in value of $512,868. Gold amounting to 24,012 ozs. valued at $809,973 was produced by the Raub-Australian Gold Mining Co.
The total value of trade for the year 1930 was $14,149,402 as against $17,874,886 in 1929, a decrease of $3,725,484.,
DIRECTORY
GOVERNMENT
MEMBERS OF STATE COUNCIL
President-H.H. Almoktasim Billah Al-Sultan Abdullah, K.C.M.G., Ibni
Almarhum Sultan Ahmad Al-Maadzam Shah
Acting British Resident-Hon. Mr. H. G. R. Leonard, M.C.S. Tengku Mahkota of Pahang-Tengku Abu Bakar Ibni Al-Sultan
Abdullah
Tengku Besar of Pahang-Hon. Tengku Sulaiman, C.M.G., Ibni Almarhum
Al-Sultan Ahmad Al-Maadzam Shah
Tengku Penglima Perang-Tengku Yusuf Ibni Almarhum Al-Sultan
Ahmad Al-Maadzum Shah
Dato Maharaja Perba Jelai-Wan Tanjong bin Wan Mohamad
Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan-Che' Wan Haji Abdullah bin Ungku
Temmenggong
Orang Kaya Indera Segara-Che' Ungku Abdul Jamal bin Ungku Muda Orang Kaya Indera Shahbandar-Che' Hussain bin Mohamad Taib Chief Kathi Pahang-Haji Mohamad Daud bin Haji Zainal, 'Abidin
HOUSEHOLD OF H.H. THE SULTAN
Malay Secretary-Tengku Arif Temenggong-Tengku Abdul Aziz Ibni
Al-Sultan Abdullah
Aide-de-Camp-Engku Muda-Che' Engku Mohamad Ibni Engku
Bendahara
Tengku Panglima Besar-Tengku Haji Jaafar Ibni Tengku Muda Ali Tengku Setia Lela-Tengku Kudin bin Tengku Samat Dato' Dalam-Che' Mohamad Taib bin Haji Mamat
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