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THE NEGRI SEMBILAN SELANGOR

K. Appathurai, relief clerk do. I. Perera, station-mstr., Port Dickson K. Chellappah, chief clerk and asst.,

Station Master Port Dickson Teck Hock, (Port Dickson), Tok Bee

Leong, clerks

V. Vishnoo, booking clerk

K. Apalvanar, clerk in charge, Siliau P. Supramanian, station-master, K.

Sawah

W. Peters, clerk-in-charge, Mamban K. Venugopal,station master, Rassak L.A.Stork, station-master,Seremban A. Sethamparapilly, chief clerk Yeo Tian Tek, chief delivery clerk Tan Kim Lock, assistant S. Poniah, booking clerk K. Kandasamy, asst, goods clerk V. Kandapoo, gate clerk

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S. Vansanden, head guard, Seremban P. Savarimuttoo, asst. do., P. Dickson' C. L. Matheson, loco. engr., P. Dickson M. Francis, shop foreman, P. Dickson C. Appapilly, storekper., P. Dickson P. B. Giffenning, per. way foreman

SUNGEL ÚJong Club

675

Committee J. D. Kemp (hon. secrt.) W. L. Conlay (hon. treasurer) C. B. Mills, J. Craigie, F. J. Weld, H. Caldicott, C. Ephraums

TERENHANG ESTATE

J. A. Macgregor, manager

A. W. Jamieson

JELEBU CLUB

JELEBU

Hon. Secretary J. Gardner

JELEBU MINING COMPANY

J. M. Gunn, manager

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

Ad. Sumadah

John Gardner, ge eral manager Syme & Co., general agents, Singapore

JELEBU READING ROOM

Hon. Secretary-Karl Prins

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. Kwala 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.--Kuala Langat, an agricultural district, in which the Sultan resides. 4-Kala 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, & 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.

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 scale. Small plantations of coffee, cocoa, and pepper have already been successfully commenced, and rice, sugar, and other products of the Peninsula under native

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