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NEGRI SEMBILAN-PEHANG

STRAITS TRADING CO., LTD. — Seremban; Smelting Works at Pulo Brani. Singapore; and at Penang. Branches in Perak and Selangor

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

J. W. Gillman, secretary

UNITED ENGINEERS, LTD. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements), Engineers, Foun- ders and Contractors Seremban; Teleph. 16; Tel. Ad: Uniteers; Codes: A1 and A.B.C. 5th edn.

J. L. Hope, M.I.MECH.E., A.M.I.N.A., ingr

W. H. Pratt, assistant

A. St. Maria, chief clerk and cashier E. W. Clark, clerk and typist C. A. Leong, draughtsman Soon Teck, workshop clerk Electrical Departement

E. S. Burgis, electrical engineer R. T. Fredericks, clerk Seremban Electricity Supply

E. S. Burgis, resident engineer V. H. Lazaroo, clerk

WEARE & Co., LTD. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements), General Merchants and Importers-92 and 93, Birch Road,

Seremban; Teleph. 140, Seremban; Tel. Ad: Pegasus. Head Office: Singapore

C. C. E. Knowles, manager

Lee Chin Hin, salesman

WILDE & Co., LTD. (late Macfadyen & Wilde, Ld.) (Incorporated in Selangor), Visiting Agents - Registered Office: 12, Market Street, Kuala Lumpur; Telephs. 389 Kuala Lumpur, 106 and 159 Seremban; Tel. Ad: Wilde, Kuala Lumpur, Seremban and Ipoh; Codes: A.B.C. 5th edn., Broom- hall's Imperial (Rubber edn.)

Directors-J. Rea (Seremban), F. G. Souter (Kuala Lumpur),J.S. Ferguson (Ipoh), G. Wiseman (Seremban), Sidney Morgan, A.R.C.S,, F.C.s. (Kuala Lumpur)

Secretary-J. Fraser Brown, c.a. (K.

Lumpur)

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

WRIGHT, FRANCIS A., M.A., FISHER, IVAN, S., M.A. Barristers-at-law, Advocates and Solicitors, F.M.S.— 93, Birch Road, Seremban

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 1921, 134,684 inhabitants, as compared with 118,708 in 1911.

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 the State must, at some very remote time, have been well known and populated. Gold is worked on a large scale at Raub by the Raub Australian Mining Company, and on a small scale elsewhere 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 districts, ard at Gambang in the Kuantan district.