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SELANGOR-PERAK
COFFEE ESTATES OWNED BY EUROPEANS, SELANGOR, Continued
Acreage
District.
Name of Estate.
Proprietors.
Under Total. Culti-
vation.
Remarks.
Brought Forward .....
|25,504) 4,260
Klang
19
50
"
"
Beaumont Beverlac
Ebor
G. W. Welman
376
-
G. H. Hone
319
Blackwater
W. T. Ellis& F de la F. Williams
320
100
F. H. Wiggiu
394
200
W. Stephenson
32
Selangor Coffee Company
500
G. H Stephenson
100
21
Do.
GH. and A. W Stephenson
300
**
+
Ulu Langat
**
"
"
11
+
9
M
Kuala Langat
Enterprise
Do. Do.
Glen Maric
Inch-Kenneth Inch-Mickery Balgownie Braemar
*****
·
West Country Estate is pro- posed but not set- tled.
Denmark Estate
Fenland Estate
A. C Allan
Selangor Plantations Syndicate
123
Do.
46)
1001
Do.
320|
Do.
563
180
R C. M. Kindersley
321
67
1. C P. Kindersley
110 acres being felled.
180
37
Macbean, Shepherd & Co.
500
175
F. A. Toynber & Co.
500
601
D. C. P. & R. C. M. Kindersley
320
F. B Hicks
320
E B. Skinner
320
320)
Newly granted, clearing
commenced.
J. E. T. Allan
320
G. F. S. Parry
320
M S Parry
320
E J. Borring
500
40
፡፡
H. O. Maynard & H. C. Reudle
524
20
New Amherst Estate
A. Orchard
3201
M
A Bernard
Ulu Selangor
Kuala Selangor Riverside
R S. Meikle
500)
320
100
C. Gordon Glassford
320
Awaiting survey.
F. Wellford
500
RC. Tollemache
600
Clearing commenced.
W. Jacksou
FA Toynbee & J. Sword
500
A. Walker
320
Langford
Major Pearse
1,000
Newly granted
38,612]
5,390
PERAK
Perak is on the west coast of the Malayan peinnsula and lies between Kedah, or Queda, on the north, and Selangor on the south. The coast line is about 90 miles in extent; the greatest length of the state, in a north and south direction, is 120 miles, and the breadth, in an east and west direction, 90 miles It is estimated to contain 7,959 square miles or 5,087,597 acres; that is to say, it is about the size of Wales and Monmouth joined together. It has been estimated that there are on the mountain ranges of the state 1,451,770 acres above 1,000 feet elevation available for cinchona, coffee, tea, &c., and that between 1,000 feet and the plains there are 588,422 acres suited to lower cultivations, such as Liberian coffee, tea, cacao, cardamoms, &c.
The state is well watered by numerous streams and rivers, of which the river Perak is the most important. This river runs nearly south until it turns sharply to the westward and falls into the Straits of Malacca. It is avnigable for about 40 miles from its month by steamers of 300 to 400 tons burden, and for another 125 miles by cargo boats. The upper part of the river is rocky and abounds in rapids, and consequently, except for small boats and rafts, is impracticable. The Kinta, Batang Padang, and the Plus are the three large tributaries of the Perak river, and all are navigable by cargo boats. These rivers rise in the main mountain range and flow west and south until they fall into the parent stream.
The climate of Perak is good, the temperature in the low country averaging from 60' Fahr. in the night to 90° Fahr. in the heat of the day. The average mean is about 70' Fahr. in the night and 87° Fahr. in the day. The nights are uniformly cool. At 3,000 feet the average is 63 Fahr. at night to 73° Fahr. in the day. The rainfall varies considerably, Thaipeng, the capital, registering occasionally as much as 200 inches, but the average
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