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been pronounced by Ceylon planters as most suitable for the cultivation of coffee, cocoa, ete. On the lower ground, nearer the coast, tapioca is successfully cultivated but during the past year ortwo, tapio a, as well as coffee and Cocoaunt cultivation have been abandoned to a considerable extent in favour of rubber, the prospects of this branch of agriculture being considered highly satisfactory. Tin wing is carried on to a con- siderable extent. The river Linggi is the only considerable stream in the State, and was formerly navigable for upwards of 40 miles from its mouth. The principal town of Sungei Ujong is Seramban. The port of Sungei Ujong was opened on the 1st September, 1881, at Pengkalan Kompas on the Linggi river, at a distance of about seven miles from the mouth of the river, and a well laid-out town has sprung up. Port Dickson (district and port) lies south-west of Seremban, and promises to become of some importance. The harbour has from eleven to fifteen fathoms of water and is well sheltered. A railway connecting it with Seremban was opened in July, 1891, and has greatly facilitated trade. There is a first-class road from Pengkalan Kompas to the Residency at Seremban, and thence on to Pantai, a distance altogether of about 31 miles, Pantai being 8 miles from the seat of Government and leading to the coffee estates on Bukit Berembun, which are in a flourishing state. To these, a distance of 13 miles, a cart road has been constructed. A cart road from Seremban to Setul, 9 miles distant, and extending to Bermang, 6 miles further on the Selangor border, has been made, and has opened up an extensive and rich tin mining district, which is being rapidly taken upby the Chinese, who are the real wealth producers of the country, as elsewhere in the native states. Two large tin fields were opened in 1992 and the future output of this State is likely to be enhanced very considerably, especially as means of comniunication in the district are being gradually improved. Communication with Malacca is kept up by subsidized steam-launches, and there is a cart road, five miles in length, from the State to Lubok China in Malacca.
DIRECTORY
Members of the State Council
President-His Highness Tunku Muhammad, C.M.G.,bin Al Merhom. Tunku Antah, Yang di per Tuan Besar of Negri Sembilan Member The British Resident
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Do. The Dato Klana Petra of Sungei
Do.
Do. Do.
Ujong
The Dato Bandar of Sungei lˇjong -The Dato Penghulu of Jelebu -The Dato Penghulu of Rembau Member-The Dato Penghulu of Johol
(Dato Baginda Tan Amas) -Tunku Muda Chik of Sri
Do.
Do.
Menanti
-The Ruler of Tampin (Tunku
Dewa)
Do. -The Dato Muda of Linggi Do. Towkay-Chu Chak Sang
Do. -Tam Yong
Clerk of Council-The Secretary to Resident
BRITISH RESIDENCY
British Resident--D. G. Campbell
Secretary-E. C. H. Wolff
Acting do.-B. W. Ellis
Chief Clerk--S. A. M. Reutens First do. A. Sequeral
Record clerk - Khor Sin Huat Second do. -H. H. Armstrong Third do.-P. C. Weller Fourth do.-C. R. Skelchy Fifth do. P. Ardy Pillai Malay Writer-Raja Ainan
COURTS
Senior Magistrate-L. P. Ebden Acting do. -A. B. Voules
Magistrate and Registrar of Courts and
Marriages M. B. Shelley
Acting Magistrate and Registrar of Courts
and Marriages W. T. Chapman Chief Clerk --F. A. Monteiro Second Clerk- E. E. Especkerman Hindustani Interpreter--T. A. S. Pillay,
acting
Chinese Interpreter--Sol Swee Lin Tamil
-S. M. Ponniah Bailiff Hasan bin Brahim
do.
District Office (Coast)
.
District Officer –J. F. Owen Acting do, H. B. Ellerton Assistant do.- E. C. Manndrell Chief Clerk-J. F. D'Rozario Shroff-Seow Eng Keng Second Clerk –J. Z. Pi to
Chinese Interpreter--Tong Ee Teng
Tamil
do. - T. A. Jacob
Malay Writer--Abdul Latip bin Bujal Customs Officer -Chan Ching Kai
Assistant do. An Shan Heng
Customs Clerk-Osman bin Siden
Do. Do.
- Raja Tahir -Mohamed Dau
Inspector of Penghulus-Raji Kadir bin
Raja Jema'at ogle
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