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THE NEGRI SEMBILAN—SELANGOR

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C. L. Matheson, foreman, P. Dickson C.Stephen, store and timekeeper, do. J. Kronemburg, fitter

P. B. Giffennig, permt. way foreman Kader Khan, driver

SUNGEI UJONG CLUB

do.

Committee W. Egerton, W. W. Doug- las, T. H. Hill, W. Dunman, C. Maitland, H. Brett, G. J. Penny (hon. secretary and treasurer)

TATE & Co., W. H., Engineers and Con-

tractors; Head Office, Taiping Walter H. Tate (Taiping)

Oliver Cleave

J. W. Agar

A. W. Bowen

TERENHANG ESTATE

J. A. Macgregor, proprietor

JELEBU

DISTRICT OFFICE

Collector and Magistrate-F. Bede Cöx Chief Clerk-

DUNMAN, W., Miner, Agent Jelebu Mining

Company

HOOPER, F. L., Surveyor

JELEBU CLUB

Committee-J. Gardner (hon. socty.),

J. W. Gunn, F. Bede Cox

JELEBU MINING COMPANY

J. W. Gunn, proprietor

R. C. Petherbridge, manager J. M. Gunn

JELEBU MINING AND TRADING CO., LD.: Tel.

Ad. Sumadah

John Gardner, general manager

W. E. Kinsey, assistant B. G. Roberts, mine manager John Burns, F. Luke, miners Robert Lindsay, engineer

Huttenbach Bros. & Co., agents, S'pore L. W. Stork, agent, Seremban

JELEBU READING ROOM

Hon. Secretary-Soo Swee Kee

SELANGOR

This protected native state, containing an area of about 3,000 square miles, lies on the western coast of the Malay Peninsula, and is bounded by the protected native states of Perak on the north and Sungie Ujong on the south, extending inland to the mountains in the centre of the peninsula, which divide it from Pahang and Jelebu.

The Government consists of the Sultan, advised by the British Resident, and assisted by the State Council. The State is divided into the following six Districts:- 1. Kuala Lumpur, the central district where the Residency and principal Government Offices are situated, and which also contains the richest tin mines that have yet been developed. 2.-Klang, the principal port, situated about 14 miles from the mouth of the Klang River. 3.-Kwala Langat, an agricultural district, in which the Sultan resides. 4.-Kwala Selangor, containing the most important fisheries in the State 5.—Ulu Langat, an inland mining district on the borders of Sungie Ujong. 6.-Ulu Selangor, a district adjoining Perak, containing much valuable mining land, as yet comparatively undeveloped.

Each district is under the charge of a European District Officer, from whom the Native Penghulus (in charge of the mukims into which each District is subdivided) receive instructions. The Police Force consists of a superintendent, two European inspectors, and 650 native non-commissioned officers and men, including 227 Sikhs.

The population of Selangor in 1884, when the first census was taken, was 46,568. According to the census taken in April. 1891, the total population of the State amounted to 81,592 persons, of whom 50,844 were Chinese, 23.750 Malays, 3,592 Indians, 1,224 Sakeis (aboriginal tribes), 357 Europeans and Eurasians, and the remainder Arabs, Singhalese, Bataks, &c. In 1894 the population was estimated at 150,000.

The principal industry of the State, and from which it derives the largest portion

of its revenue, is alluvial tin mining, on which a duty is charged.

In addition to its mineral resources the State, however, possesses large tracts of land well adapted for agricultural purposes, and the recent removal of restrictions on the free importation of Indian coolies into the Protected Native States renders it possible for European planters to obtain cheap labour and to open estates on a large