Directory_and_Chronicle_1895 — Page 798

THE NEGRI SEMBILAN

This is a group of five small states-Johol, Tambin, Sri Menanti, Jempol, and Reinbau-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 abont 6,000 are Chinese

DIRECTORY

COUNCIL OF STATE.

President His Highness Tunku Mohamed bin Ahnerhum Tunku Autah, Yam Tuan Besar of Sri Menanti, c.M.G. Member-The Resident

Do. -Tunku Muda Chik

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

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

TREASURY

Treasury Clerk-E. J. A. van Geyzel

LAND OFFICE

Magte.and Dis. Officer-Harvey Chevallier Ch. Forest Ranger-Dato Laxamana Manat Malay Writer-Dato Paham

MEDICAL

Chief Dresser-R. van Geyzel

Member-Tunku Dewa bin Syed Hamid

of Tampin

Do.

Do.

-Dato Penghulu of Johol -Dato of Rembau

Clerk of Council-A. Hale

PUBLIC WORKS AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT

Head Office

Superintendent-Leo J. Cazalas Draughtsman-M. J. Guruswami Storekpr. and Clerk-H. V. Sta. Maria District Office

Surveyor R. Keasberry Overseer-J. A. Danker Clerk-A. G. Lopis

POST OFFICE

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

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

-Tunku Ngah

do.

Clerk-G. Sta. Maria

Malay Writer-Mohamad Isa Apothecary-J. E. van Dort Postal Clerk-O. Spykerman

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