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THE NEGRI SEMBILAN SELANGOR

Sagga, 1,824 acres, Port Dickinson, Rubber Sendayan, 1,210 acres, Port Dickinson,

Rubber

Senawang, 1,800 acres, Sungei Gadut, Para

Rubber

Sepang Valley, 1,226 acres, Labu, Rubber Seremban, 3,496 acres, Seremban, Rubber Siginting, 1,072 acres, Seremban, Rubber Siliau, 1,108 acres, Siliau, Rubber and

Tapioca

Sirusa, 40 acres, Port Dickinson, Rubber

and Coffee Robusta

St. Leonard's, 1,390 acres, Port Dickinson,

Rubber

Sua Betong, Seng Kang, 13,320 acres, Port

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Dickinson, Rubber

1371

Passir Panjang, Sungei Mahang, 2,300 acres,

Batang Bena, Para Rubber

Sungei Salak, 1,039 acres, Port Dickinson,

Rubber

acres, Rantau,

Tampin Linggi,. 12,000

Rubber Terentang, 1,725 acres, Sungei Gadut,

Rubber

Ulu Rantau, 1,100 acres, Sungei Gadut,

Rubber

Ulu Sawah, 1,225 acres, Rantau, Rubber United Temiang, 3,161 acres, Seremban,

Rubber

Vigornia, 6.0 acres, Seremban, Rubber

SELANGOR

This protected native State, containing an area of about 3,200 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 Negri Sembilan 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, whert 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, situaed about 14 miles from the mouth of the Klang River. 3.-Kuala Langat, an agricultural district, in which the Sultan resides. 4.-Kuala Selangor, containing the most important fisheries in the State. 5.-Ulu Langat, an inland mining district on the borders of Negri Sembilan. 6.--Ulu Selangor, a 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 sub-divided) receive instructions The Police Force consists of a deputy Commissioner, assistant deputy Commissioner, seven European inspectors, and 568 native non-comunissioned officers and men.

The population of Selangor in 1884, when the first census was taken, was 46,588; in April. 1891, the total population of the State amounted to 81,592 persons, but at the last census, taken on March 1st, 1901, the returns gave a total of 168,789, of whom 108,768 were Chinese, 33,997 Malays, 16,748 natives of India, 4,166 Japanese, 1,063 Europeans, 1,875 aborigines and the remainder Arabs, Singhalese, Boyanese, Siamese, etc.

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 removal of restrictions on the free importation of Indian coolies into the Protected Native States rendered 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 cultivation are doing well in various parts of the State, and to encourage pioneer planters, large grants of land have in recent years been made, on special terms, for the planting of sago, pepper, and gambier.

The principal exports are tin, hides, garmwood, tapioca, canes, rattaus, and guttapercha. The principal imports are opium, salt, salt-fish, rice, oil, tobacco and tea. The only import duties are on opium and spirituous liquors, while export duties are payable only on minerals, agricultural products, ivory, fish, horns and hides,