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JOHORE CLUB
JOHORE-FEDERATED MALAY STATES
Committee-Jaffar b. Hadji Mohamed (Dato Mentri Besar) D.K., C.M.G. (president), James Cumming, Dato Bintara Dalam, S.P.M.J., M. Larken. T. Rawson Ker, S.M.J. (honorary secretary)
MELDRUM, J. DATO, D.P.M.J., F.R.G.S., owner
Johore Steam Saw Mills, Iskander Hall, ¦ Johore
PRESBYTERIAN CH. OF ENGLAND MISSION
Rev. J. A. B. Cook, res. Singapore Rev. Campbell N. Moody, M.A. res.
Singapore
ROYAL JOHORE TIN MINING Co.
General Manager-H. R. Baldwin Assistant do.
do.-J. H. Robertson Messrs. Huttenbach Bros., agents,
Singapore
SAW MILLS-Johore SteAM
John Fraser
H. P. Bagley, manager
Robert Cameron, superintendent William Cameron, engineer John Cameron, assistant George Cameron, do.
SAW MILLS JOHOR STEAM, Johore Bharu
Fraser & Cumming, proprietors-lessees
FEDERATED MALAY STATES
The Protected States comprise four Residences, namely, Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, and Pahang. These have been federated, the federation taking effect from the 1st July, 1896, and the administration is presided over by a British Ŏfficer stlend the Resident-General. Each State has its own Resident and the native rulers ertaiy their titles and dignity. The head offices are at Kwala Lumpur, Selangor.
The revenue of the four Federated States in 1900 amounted to over $15,500,000, exceeding the collections of the previous year by over $2,000000, and giving a surplus of nearly $3,000,000 over the year's expenditure. The value of trade for the year 1900 reached nearly $100,000,000 or ten millions sterling, an increase of $10,000,000 over the value of trade in the previous year. The fact that the value of exports exceeded that of the imports by over $10,000,000 is very satisfactory. The principal source of revenue was the duty on Tin, which realized $7,000,000; the Railway receipts amounted to over $2,000,000; the Land Revenue over $700,000; the Posts and Tele- graphs nearly $200,000. In the twenty-six years during which the Malay States have had the advantage of British advice and protection, the revenue has grown from about £100,000 to over £1,500,000. Over 250 miles of Railway, 1,300 miles of Cartroad and 1,400 miles of Telegraph have been constructed. Waterworks, Wharves, Hospitals, Prisons, Schools, and many other public buildings have been constructed, while the Government of Perak is engaged upon an important scheme of Irrigation which will benefit about 60,000 acres of land and cost about $100,000. The principal sources of revenue and prosperity are the alluvial tin deposits which, at the present price of the metal, can be worked at considerable profit. About 500,000 tons of Tin, worth over £10,000,000 sterling, have been exported during the last fifteen years. Tin has been worked in the Malay Peninsula for centuries, and it is believed it will still be produced there centuries hence. The industry has grown of recent years to very large proportions, but it would take a long time to work out the alluvial deposits in the lands already alienated, and these comprise but a fraction of the unexplored lands which still remain, where there is every reason to believe the mineral will be found in payable quantities. This only applies to alluvial deposits, No one can guess what are the reserves of ore in underground rock formations, as at Kuantan in Pahang, Slim in Perak, and Jelebu in the Negri Sembilan. The Government has not, however, over- looked the fact that in the export of Tin its capital was being reduced, and it has made an effort to supply another and more useful investment by the construction of Railways, with part at least of the revenue. Since British Protection the royalty on Tin has yielded a total of $17,000,000, and the Federated States have in the same time expended $29,000,000 in the construction of Railways, and soon they will own 360 miles of fully equipped Railways constructed without the assistance of any borrowed money. The profits give a return of over 8 per cent, on the capital expended.
The population of the Federated Malay States in 1900 amounted to 676,138, against 418,509, ten years ago; an increase of 61:55 per cent. The number of Malays has
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