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THE NEGRI SEMBILAN PAHANG

ST. MARK'S CHURCH, Seremban

Chaplain-Rev. E. H. Greenhow

ST. PAUL'S INSTITUTION-Seremban Director-Rev. Bro. Adrian Sub-do. Rev. Bro. Theophilus Asst. Teachers-Bro. Ernan-Xavier

10 lay masters

Girls' School (Convent)

Lady Superior-Rev. Mother St.

Marcellin and 11 Sisters

STRAITS TRADING CO., LTD. THE-Serem- ban; Smelting Works at Pulo Brani, Singapore, and Penang. Branches in Perak and Selangor

N. Walker Reid, agent

SUNGEI UJONG CLUB, Seremban-Teleph. 30, Seremban; Tel, Ad: Club, Seremban;

C. C. E. Knowles, secretary

TOWN DISPENSARY,

THE,

Druggists and Opticians

Chemists,

Dr. S. R. Krishnan, M.B., B.S., L.M. & S.,

consultg. physician and surgeon

P. Dairiam, manager

1265

VIVEKANANDA STUDENTS' HALL, THE-

Negri Sembilan

WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & Co., LTD. (Incor- porated in England), Drapers, Outfitters, Boot and Shoe Merchants-Birch Road, Seremban. Teleph. 65; London Office: 5, Cripplegate Buildings

C. R. Stainfield, manager

WRIGHT, FRANCIS A., M.A.(Oxon), Barrister- at-Law, Advocate and Solicitor, F. M. S. -106, Birch Road, Seremban

JELEBU

BUKIT KUAH ESTATE-Postal Ad:-Jelebu;

Tel. Ad: Braddon, Jelebu

Athelstane Braddon, proprietor and

manager

JELEBU ESTATE

J. Duncanson, manager

JELEBU READING ROOM

President-S. W. Jones

Hon. Secretary-K. Ponnialı Committee C.

Somasundaram, J.

Gomes, K. Ponnampalam, K. Kan- diah, Che Tak

PAHANG

The State of Pahang lies between Trengganu and Johore, and extends along the eastern side of the peninsula from 2 deg. 40 min. to 4 deg. 35 min. N., its coast line being about 130 miles in length. The area of the State is estimated at 14,300 square miles, and its principal river, which drains a large extent of country, is known by the same name. The river Pahang is, however, owing to its shallowness, navigable for small craft only. The country is sparsely populated, there being, according to the census of 1911, 118,708 inhabitants, of whom 87,106 were Malays and 24,287 Chinese. The population was estimated at 142,000 at the end of 1918.

The capital of the State is Kuala Lipis, situated at the mouth of the Lipis river, where is also the seat of Government. The State is under British protection, and in August, 1888, the Sultan, acting under the advice of the Sultan of Johore, applied for a British Resident to assist in the administration of the country, which request was acceded to in October of that year.

The predominant rock is slate, but granite, sandstone, limestone, quartz, and schist abound, while traces of volcanic action at some remote age are shown by the presence of basalt, trachyte, etc. As regards its mineralogy the State has always possessed a high reputation for its product of gold and tin. Though during recent periods these have been but little sought, the wonderful old gold workings discovered by Messrs. Knaggs and Gower show that, wild, desolate and abandoned as the greater portion of the State now appears to be, it must, at some very remote time have been well known and populated. Gold is worked on a large scale at Raub by the Rauh Australian Mining Company, and on a small scale at Penjom by Chinese and Malays. The Pahang Consolidated Company, Ltd., have large tin mines at Sungei Lembing in the Kuantan district, and there is much tin mining in the Bentong-Raub and at Gambong in the Kuantan district.

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