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PAHANG-MALACCA

J. B. Sammels, amalgamator W. Gregory, mechanical engineer W. Steel, accountant

S. Roberts, carpenter

R. Tregay, G. May, H. F Burns, miners

No. 2, Concession

W. B. Roberts, manager

J. Barkla, miner

PAHANG CORPORATION, LIMITED, Blomfield

House, London Wall, London, E.C. Wm. H. Derrick, superintendent

R. Latto, in charge at Jeram Batang David W. Jones, mine manager T. E. Trelour, assistant do. G. Pfenningwerth, accountant J. W. Rolph, medical officer N. Samwell, surveyor M. Bullen, engineer

E. C. Borghese, do.

C. H. Paul,

do.

Thos. Job, T. H. Wren, T. Simmons,

tin dressers

R. De Munnick, in charge, Kuala

Kuantan

J. Bullen, storekeeper

Paterson, Simons & Co., agents, S'pore

PAHANG FLOTILLA COMPANY

PAHANG KABANG, LIMITED

W. H. Derrick, superintendent

F. J. Rich, mine manager Keng Hoh, clerk

Paterson, Simons & Co., agents, S'pore

PAHANG RIVERS COMPANY, LD., in Liqdn.

Alex. J. Gunn, liquidator, Singapore

PAHANG SERAU LIPIS COMPANY, LD.,

Office, 3A, Raffles Place, Singapore

Alex. J. Gunn, secretary

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PAHANG SEMANTAN JELLEI SYNDICATE, LD.

Alex. J. Gunn, secretary, Singapore

PUNJOM MINING COMPANY, LIMITED, Head

Office, Queen's Road, Hongkong Punjom Gold Mines

Thos. Blamey, manager

W. H. Phillips, superintendent Geo. Jolly, engineer and reduction

officer

chemist and accountant

G. A. Ahin, clerk

T. Whiting, H. Clegg, T. O'Brien,

miners

S. Kraal, assistant chemist J. de Mello, dresser

Syme & Co., agents, Singapore Wm. Hole, agent, Kwala Pahang

RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING CO., LD.

W. Bibby, manager

G. B. Whyte, accountant

P. E. Bibby, assistant accountant H. T. Bibby, engineer J. Walker, carpenter A. H. Bibby, assayer

A. McGlenchy, W. Goldsworthy, J. Hutchison, J. Ruddick, A. Amos, A. Bray, miners

Head Office, Queen St., Brisbane

G. S. Murphy, secretary Local Office, Singapore

G. S. Murray, J. Anderson, directors G. A. Derrick, local secretary

SEMPAM TIN MINES

TRESANG MINES

W. Dumeresq, manager

J. McCardluf, tinman

WATSON, J. R., manager, Tepar Syndicate

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.

The geological formation of the territory of Malacca consists chiefly of granite rocks, overlaid in several places by the red cellular clay iron-stone called by geologists laterite. Many of the low plains are alluvial, the soil composed of decayed vegetable mould interlaced with sand. The metallic ores are iron, gold, and tin. The surface generally is undulating, consisting of low round ridges and narrow valleys, the only mountain