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MALACCA - FEDERATED MALAY STATES

ESTATES IN MALACCA

Alor Gajah, 560 acres, Alor Gajah, Para

Rubber and Tapioca

Ayer Molek, 109 acres, Malacca, Para

Rubber

Ayer Panas, 3,520 acres, Jasin, Rubber Batang Malaka, 3,000 acres, Batang, Malaka,

Negri Sembilan, Rubber

Bukit Asahan, Kemendore (Kesang Rim, Durian Tungal, Kemuning, Bertam, Paya Rumput, Serkam, Krubong, Brisu, Tain- ping, Kru, Union, Umbai), 24,717 acres, Malacca, Para Rubber

Bukit Kajang, 2,958, acres, Malacca, Rubber Bukit Katil, 518 acres, Malacca, Rubber Bukit Lintang, 791 acres, Malacca, Rubber ! Chempedak, 833 acres, Malacca, Rubber

and Gambier

Diamond Jubilee, 3,763 acres, Jasin, Para

Rubber and Tapioca

Esperanza, Ayer Molek, Bukit Arang, Sun- gei Bahru, Rantau-Panjang, 470 acres, Malacca, Rubber and Gambier Gan Kee, 1,588 acres, Malacca, Rubber Garing. 2.248 acres, Malacca, Rubber

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Jasin, 1,175 acres, Jasin, Rubber and

Gambier

Jelotong, Rembia, 367 acres, Malacca,

Rubber

Kempas, 1,320 acres, Pengkalen

Pengkalen Balak, Rubber and Gambier

Krubong, 790 neres, Malacca, Rubber Lalang Islands (Pulau Sebong Division),

1,200 acres, Tamping, Rubber Lalang Islands(Keru Division), 6,000 acres,

Tamping, Rubber

Landu, 1,575 acres, Alor Gajah, Rubber

and Coconuts

Pogoh, 3,300 acres, Tampin, Para Rubber,

Coconuts and Pepper

Radella, 125 acres, Malacca. Para Rubber

and Gambier

Rembia, 1,620 acres, Malacca, Rubber

Rim, 3,558 acres, Jasin, Rubber

Sungei Bahru, 1,442 acres, Malacca, Rubber

and Cutch

The Tebong, 1,690 acres, Tampin, Rubber

and Tapioca

FEDERATED MALAY STATES

The Protected States comprise four Residencies, 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 Officer styled the Chief Secretary, who is subject to the High Commissioner to the Malay States, who is also Governor of the Straits Settlemements. Each State has its own Resident and the native rulers retain their titles and dignity. The Federal Offices are at Kuala Lumpur, Selangor,

The record of these States is one of progress and prosperity. The revenue for 1911 was $35,056,544 (£1,089,930), and the expenditure $25,202,749 (£2,940,320). The assets on December 31st, 1911, stood at $52,537,647. These States have 560 miles of railway (which have been paid for out of current revenue), yielding good income; they have 2,300 miles of roads; and over 2;000 miles of telegraphs. 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 600,000 tons of tiu, worth over £50,000,000 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 Kwantan in Pahang, Slim in Perak, and Jelebu in the Negri Sembilan.

The annual export of tin from these States is valued at over $40,000,000. As a matter of fact, the value of 741,698 piculs exported in 1911 was $69,645,466 against 736,898 piculs valued $57,116,989 in 1910. The Government has not overlooked the fact