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MALACCA-FEDERATED MALAY STATES

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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 Öfficer styled the Chief Secretary, who is subject to the High Commissioner to the Malay States, who is also Governor of the Straits Settlements. Each State has its own Resident and the native rulers retain their titles and dignity. The Federal Offices are at Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. The Federal Council was inaugurated on 10th December, 1909.

The record of these States is one of progress and prosperity. The revenue for 1913 was $44,332,710 (£5,172,149), and the expenditure $17,287,580 (£5,516,884). Included in the expenditure was the sum of £482,533 for the purchase of the Singapore Railway and £150,000 as the first instalment for the battleship "Malaya," presented to the British Navy by the F.M.S. The assets on December 31st, 1913, stood at $61,239,976 (£7,144,663), These States have 771 miles of railway in the Malay Peninsula (paid for out of current revenue), yielding good income; they have 2,373 miles of roads; and over 2,100 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 tin, worth over £50,000,000 sterling, have been exported during the last fifteen years. Tin has been worked in the Malay Peninsula for cen- turies, 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 forma tions, 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 $50,000,000. As a matter of fact, the value of 842,129 piculs exported in 1913 was $83,850,837 against $ 3,427 piculs valued $84,031,666 in 1912. The Government has not overlooked the fact that in the export of tin its capital was being reduced, and it has made an effort to supply another and more useful investment by the construction of railways, with part at leas Since British protection the royalty on tin has yielded a total of over $30,000,000, and the Federated States have in the same time expended over $70,000,0 in the construction of railways. The profits give a return of about 4 per cent. on the capital expended.

of the revenue.