THE NEGRI SEMBILAN
This is a group of five small states-Johol, Tambin, Sri Menanti, Jempol, and Rembau--which occupy some 2,000 square miles of the interior of the peninsula, bounded on the north by Sungei Ujong, on the west by Malacca, on the east by Pahang, and on the south by Johor. They were brought under British protection by Sir Frederick Weld in 1883 and by an agreement with the respective chiefs, signed on the 13th July, 1889, they were confederated as one Residency. They are governed by the native chiefs or penghulus, assisted by the British Resident and Magistrates under him. The chief industry is tin mining, in which a good number of Chinese and some few Europeans are now engaged. The revenue in 1889 was $100,898, and the expenditure $112,618. The value of the trade for 1889 was $576,856. The entire population of the five states is probably under 10,000, of whom a ut 4,000 are Chinese,
BRITISH RESIDENCY
Resident-Hon. Martin Lister Malay Judge-Tengku Muda Chik Chief Clerk-E. J. A. van Geyzel Second do. -C. C. do. Rozario Third do. -K. S. Mutto
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Land Officer-Dato Laksamana Manat Collector and Magistrate, Tampin-A. Hale Assistant Magistrate do. -Tengku Ngah
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Clerk, Tampin-C. W. Clarke
Officer in charge of P.W.D.-L. J. Cazalas Chief Overseer-H. Pierce
Overseers-A. Danker, A. J. Minjoot Computer and Plotter-M. Guruswami Assistant and Plotter-G. Tambiah Apothecary-J. E. van Dort
Dresser and Vaccinator-R. van Geysel Government Agent-F. de Souza, Resident
Councillor's office, Malacca
MALACCA
The settlement of Malacca excites more interest from a historical point of view than either of its sister towns, but has so completely fallen to the rear commercially since the establishment of Penang and Singapore as to merit but brief notice in this compilation. It is now seldom visited by foreigners except for purposes of relaxation. Originally settled by the Portuguese in 1511, it retained its importance as the one foreign entrepôt in the East until the founding of Penang, when its fortunes as a port rapidly declined. The settlement, however, has made considerable progress in agriculture since the formation of new roads. At the present moment it is the least European of all British Settlements in the East, though the facts that it has given its name to the Peninsula and that it was the cradle of Anglo-Chinese study attest its former importance. Its area is embraced by boundaries some 42 miles in length, with a breadth of from 8 to 25 miles. It is governed by a Resident Councillor in subordination to Singapore.
Its one point of interest is its location as a natural history centre, the majority of its casual visitors being attracted thither for sport or science. Beyond this it possesses no attractions except to those who like to visit scenes famous in the annals of discovery for the bloody fights they have witnessed between the natives and the European nations. who contended for their possession. Its population in 1881 amounted to 93,579 individuals, of whom 52,059 were males and 41,250 females, an increase since 1871 of 15,823. Of these 40 were Europeans, 2,213 Eurasians, 19,741 Chinese, 67,488 Malays, and the remainder various Eastern races.
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