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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, Punjon 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 Segama (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 1898 amounted to $224,856, and the expenditure, inclusive of $71,770 for the loan service, to $372,719, the excess of expenditure over revenue being accounted for by the cost of constructing roads and other works for the development of the state. The imports in 1898 amounted to $1,147,054, and the exports to $1,559,349.

DIRECTORY

GOVERNMENT

Sultan-His Highness AHMAD MUATHAM SHAH IBINI ALMERHUM ALI British Resident

COUNCIL OF STATE

H.H. The Sultan, president

The British Resident

The Tungku Muda

The Dato Shah Bandar

Tungku Besar, Regent, vice-president

The Ungku Muda

The Dato Mahraja Perba of Jelai

Imam Prang Indera Mahkota

Ungku Andak

Imam Prang Indera Stia Raja

The Dato Bendahara

KUALA LIPIS

COURTS

BRITISH RESIDENCY

British Resident

Chief Clerk-A. De Vos

Record do. -T. A. Reutens Second do. -E. B. J. Monteiro

DISTRICT OFFICERS Superintendent, Ulu Pahang J. F. Owen District Officer, Temerloh-E. F. Townley

Do., Pekan-H. B. Ellerton (acting) Do., Kuantan T. C. Fleming Do., Asst., Raub-E. Pratt (acting) Do., Bentong-F. A. S. McClelland Do., Rompin W. Conlay

Do., Pekan-E. C. H. Wolff (acting)

AUDIT OFFICE

Auditor-C. B. Mills

Chief Clerk-A. L. Minjoot Clerks-H. Tet Shyn, W. G. Ekanayaka

Judge The Judicial Commissioner (L. C

Jackson, Q.c.)

Magistrates-The District Officers Native Magistrate-Saiyid Amin

Do.

Clerk-(vacant)

-Haji Andak

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT

Res, Surg.-J. D. Grimlette, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. District Surgeon-D). H. McClosky

POLICE

Chief Inspector-H. Sumner Inspector-H. Burton

Do. -W. Charter Chief Clerk--P. de Souza

PRISONS

Superintendent-C. H. Payne Gaoler-H. Pizer