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having also been commenced. These mines are situated at the Kuantan district. The gold-bearing districts, Punjom 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 administrative expenditure exceeds the income and the State is heavily in debt with a loan account standing at nearly three and a half millions of dollars, mostly advanced by the State of Selangor. The value of the import (exclusive of bullion & specie) in 1907, was 1,522, 232, while the exports amounted to $3,133,135. Little has been done in planting beyond experimenting with tapioca and coco-nuts. Mining, however, gives encouraging results and there is a considerable demand for mining land. Land is also in demand in the Pekan and Kuantan districts where it is proposed to open up tin mining operations on a very extensive scale. In the Kuala Lipis district extensive areas have been applied for, which it is proposed to work for alluvial gold by improved hydraulic methods. The task of administering the Government of Pahang is hampered by low pay, long hours of work, high cost of living, and poor house accommodation. These check the flow of persons willing to join the Government Service.
DIRECTORY
GOVERNMENT
Sultan-His Highness SIR AHMAD MAÄTHAM SHAH IBINI ALMERHUM ALI, K.C.M.G.
Acting British Resident-Harvey Chevallier
H. H. The Sultan, president
The British Resident
COUNCIL OF STATE
Tungku Besar, C.M.G. (Regent of Pahang) The Tungku Muda
The Ungku Muda
BRITISH RESIDENCY
British Resident-E. L. Brockman, C.M.G. Office Assistant-A. E. E. De Vos Chief Clerk-T. A. Reutens
Second do.
Third do.
www.
J. M. Jansen
B. J. Monteiro
COURTS
Judge The Chief Judicial Commissioner,
A. F. B. Law
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT State Surgeon, Kwala Lipis-William Flet-
lcher
District do., Raub-Dr. A. S. Millard
Do. do., Pekan-Dr. W. Leicester Do. do., Kuantan-Dr. J.W. Barrack
Gaoler-A. Nutt
PRISONS
The Dato Shah Bandar
The Dato Mahraja Perba of Jelai Imam Prang Indera Mahkota Imam Prang Indera Stia Raja Tuan Mandak
POLICE
Assistant Commissioner-H. Sumner First-class Inspector-Burton Second-class Inspectors-R. Eliot James, B. Cullen, J. Feeney, H. A. Anderson
POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH DEPT. Superintendent of Posts and Telegraphs-
R. C. Carmac
STATE TREASURY State Treasurer-C. C. Thompson Acting do. -J. W. Goldthorp First Clerk & Cashier-J. Theseira
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT State Engineer-N. T. Gray Executive Engineer-J. P. Swettenham
E. L. Bennett
do,
do. S. K. Sibbold
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