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PAHANG

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, &c. 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, wild, desolate, and abandoned as the greater portion of the state now appears to be, it must, at some very remote time, have been well known and populated. "At the present day," says Mr. Skinner, "the principal gold mines are in the valley of the Pahang, at Lipis, Jelei, Semantan, and Luet; gold is also found as far south as the Bera. There is also a mine of galena on the Kwantam at Sungei Lembing; and tin is found throughout the country, both in the neighbourhood of the gold mines above mentioned, and in places like the river Triang and the river Bentang, where gold is not worked." The Pahang Corporation has opened tin mines at Sungei Lembing and Jeram Batang, another mine at Kabang having also been commenced. These mines are situated at the Kuantan district. The gold-bearing districts, Punjom and Raub, have, however, attracted far more attention from European capitalists. The principal gold-workings of the peninsula lie almost entirely along a not very wide line drawn from Mounts Ophir and Segamat (the southern limit of the auriferous chain), through the very heart of the peninsula, to the Kalian Mas or gold-diggings of Patani and Selepin in the north. The best tin workings of Pahang lie near the Selangor hills on the river Bentong and near the gold workings at Jelei and Talom. Pahang tin is said to be the only tin on the east coast which can rival that of Perak and Selangor in whiteness and pliancy.

The revenue in 1894 amounted to $100,220 and the expenditure to $207,514. There is a state debt of $1,103,484. The export of gold for the year 1893 was 9,616 oz., as against 3,570 oz. in 1892 and 1,227 oz. in 1891. The total export of tin was 4,450 piculs as against 4,212 piculs in 1892 and 5,049 piculs in 1891.

DIRECTORY

GOVERNMENT

Sultan-His Highness AHMAD MUATHAM SHAH IBINI ALMERHUM ALI British Resident J. P. RODGER (acting as Resident of Selangor)

Acting do. -D. H. WISE

H.H. The Sultan, president

COUNCIL OF STATE

The Shah Bandar

Tungku Mahmud, Regent, vice-president

The British Resident

The Ungku Muda

The Dato Bandahara

PEKAN

BRITISH RESIDENCY

British Resident-J. P. Rodger (absent)

Acting

do. —D. H. Wise

Chief Clerk-A. de Vos

Second do. A. D. Neubronner

DISTRICT OFFICERS

Dist. Officer, Temerloh-E. F. Townley (act.) Superdt., Ulu Pahang-J. F. Owen (absent)

Do.

do. -T. C. Fleming (act.) District Officer, Kuantan-T. C. Fleming

(acting in Ulu Pahang)

do. G. W. Maxwell (act.) Pekan F. Belfield

Do.

Do.

Auditor-C. B. Mills

Clerk-J. H. Smith

AUDIT OFFICE

The Dato Raja of Jelai

Tungku Ali

Imam Prang Indera Mahkota Ungku Andak

COURTS

Judge-The British Resident

Magistrate-F. Belfield

Native Magistrate-Saiyid Amin

-Hadji Andak

Do. Clerk-A. J. Phipps

LAND OFFICE

Collector of Land Revenue and Registrar

of Mines-F. Belfield Clerk-L. A. Neubronner

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Residency Surgeon-A. B. Jesser Coope,

M.B., C.M..

District Surgeon-D. H. McClosky, L.R.C.r.

POLICE AND Gaols Superintendent-R. W. Duff