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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 Johore. 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 engaged. The revenue in 1892 was $117,948 and the expenditure $111,901. The entire population of the five States in 1891 was 41,617, of whom about 6,000 are Chinese.

BRITISH RESIDENCY Resident-Hon. Martin Lister Chief Clerk-E. J. A. van Geyzel Second do. -C. C. do. Rozario Malay Writer-Mohamad Husein

COURTS

Judge The British Resident Malay Judge-Tungku Muda Chi Magistrate Harvey Chevallier Police Magistrate-Leo J. Cazalas Courts Clerk-C. Spykerman

TREASURY

DIRECTORY

Treasury Clerk-E. J. A. van Geyzel Apothecary-J. J. Beins

PUBLIC WORKS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT Superintendent-Leo J. Cazalas Surveyor-R. Keasberry

Draughtsman-M. J. Guruswami

Storekeeper-Sheik Umar

Overseer (Johol)—J. A. Danker

Land Office

Magistrate and District Officer-Harvey

Chevallier

Chf. Forest Ranger-Dato Laamana Manat Malay Writer do. -Gaham

POST OFFICE

Officer in Charge E. J. A. van Geyzel Stamp Vendor-C. C. do Rozario

MEDICAL

Chief Dresser-R. van Geyzel

TAMPIN DISTRICT OFFICE District Officer and Magistrate-A. Hale Assistant

-Tunku Ngah

do.

Clerk-W. J. Staples

Malay Writer-Mohamad Isa

Apothecary-J. E. van Dort

Postal Clerk-G. Sta. Maria

Government Agent-F. de Souza, Resident

Councillor's Office, Malacca

MALACCA

The settlement of Malacca excites more interest from an 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 1891 amounted to 88,242 as compared with 93,579 in 1881, showing a decrease of 4,337. The population of the town of Malacca is 16,657. The value of the trade in 1892 was $3,168,985 against $3,132,077

in 1891.