PERAK-SELANGOR
Penang); Codes: A.B.C. 5th edn., Broomball's 3rd edn. and Bentley's R. P. Brash, managing director B. Somerset, director (Ipoh, Perak) G. Brown, manager (Sungei Patani). R. Innes, do. (Penang):
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YOUNG, C. H., Sanitary Engineer and
Building Contractor-7, Hale Street Ipoh; Teleph. 316
SELANGOR
This protected native State, containing an area of 3,160 square miles, lies on the western coast of the Malay Peninsula, and is bounded by the Protected States of Perak on the north and of Negri Sembilan on the south, extending inland to the mountains in the centre of the peninsula, which divide it from Pahang and Negri Sembilan.'
The Government consists of the Sultan, advised by the British Resident, and assisted by the State Council. The State is divided into the following five districts:- 1. Kuala Lumpur and Ulu Langat (formerly two districts), containing the town of Kuala Lumpur, where the Residency and principal Government Offices are situated, and which also contains the richest tin mines that have yet been developed. 2-Klang. This district contains the Sultan's residence and also Port Swettenham, the principal port, which lies at the mouth of the Klang river. 3.--Kuala Langat, an agricultural district. 4.Kuala Selangor, a coastal district containing large areas of developed and potential padi land. 5. Ulu Selangor, a district adjointing Perak, containing much valuable mining land.
Each district is under the charge of District Officer, from whom the Malay Penghulus (in charge of the mukins into which each district is sub-divided) receive instructions.
The Police Force consists of 30 gazetted and superior officers, 897 subordinate police officers and men, and 67 detectives.
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The population of Selangor in 1884, when the first census was taken, was 46,568; but at the last census, in 1931, the returns gave a total of 533,197, of whom 241,351 were Chinese, 122,868 Malays, 185,924 natives of India, 2,723 Europeans, 2,137 Eurasians and 8,194 others.
The principal industries of the State, and those from which it derives the largest portion of its revenue, are alluvial tin mining and rubber cultivation.
In addition to its rich mineral resources, the State possesses large tracts of land well adapted for agriculture and the growth of staple products. such as rice and coconuts, by small-holders. Pineapple cultivation is a recent and thriving occupa- tion and minor plantations of coffee and pepper have been successfully conducted. To encourage pioneer planters, grants of land have in recent years been made, on special terms, for the planting of African oil palm and nipah palm. But the principal agricultural product here, as in the other Malay States, is rubber. 741,223 acres of land were, alienated for agricultural and building purposes by the end of the year 1935, comprising 509,280 acres under rubber, 111,640 acres under coconuts, 9,100 acres under coffee, 16,100 acres under padi, 20,700 acres under oil palm and 17,680 acrés under cultivation by native small holders. The value of rubber exported in 1935 was $34.815,907.
The principal exports are rubber, tin, pineapples, copra and oil palm products. The principal imports are rice, petroleum, oils, cotton piece goods, manufactured foodstuffs, tobacco and livestock
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There were 49.958 acres alienated for tin mining tin, chiefly at the end of 1935. The recorded output of tin concentrate from the State amounted to 282,355 pikuls as compared with 244,374 pikuls in 1934. The value of this output at the average local price of tin of $111:32 per pikul was $23,719,949 as against a total value
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