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FEDERATED MALAY STATES-PERAK

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, F.M.S.- Kuala

Lumpur

President H. J. Cooper

Vice-Presdt.-Hon. Mr. J. H. M. Robson General Committee-J. H. Keer, H. B. Egmont Hake, F. E. de Paula, J. L. Hope, W. H. W. Gubbins, G. A. C. Preston and J. R. George General Secretaries-Evatt & Co. Perak Branch

Committee-H. J. Cooper (chairman), F. E. de Paula, R. F. Barker, R. M. Goldie, G. A. C. Preston, G. A. Carmichael and Wm. McCulloch Secretaries--Evatt & Co. Selangor Branch

Committee- Hon. Mr. J. H. M. Robson (chairmen), H. B. Egmont Hake, G. E. Teale, F. H. Temperley, H. A. Wootton, J. H. Keer and J. R. George

Secretaries-Evatt & Co.

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H, W. Gubbins

Negri Sembilan Branch

Committee-W.

(chairman), J. L. Hope, M. O. Court, K. Browne

Hon. Secretary-Geo. C. Whitelaw

CHAMBER OF MINES F.M.S. Towers

Chambers, Ipoh

President R. P. Brash (Perak)

Vice do.-T. R. A. Windeatt (Perak). Secy.-A. C. J. Towers, F.I.A.A., A.C.I.S Council

Perak C. Pearse, A. G. Glenister, R. Gilnicki, Chung Thye Phin, M.C., Hon. Mr. J. H. Rich, B. W. Thunder, Leong Sim Nam and A. J. Kelman

Selangor-Hon. Mr. Chao Ria Peng

Loke Chow Thye and Ho Man Negri Sembilan—Ü. C. W. Liddelow Pahang-A. S. Lilbourne

PERAK

Perak, the premier State of the Federated Malay States, is on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula, and lies between Kedah on the north and Selangor on the south. The coast-line is about 90 miles in extent; the greatest length of the State, in a north and south direction, is 150 miles, and the breadth, in an east and west direction, 90 miles. It is estimated to contain 7,875 square miles; that is to say, it is about the size of Yorkshire and Lancashire together. The soil is suitable for the cultivation of rubber, rice, coconuts, coffee robusta, spices of all kinds, sugar, and grasses from which essential oils are extracted.

The State is well watered by numerous streams and rivers, of which the river Perak is the most important. This river runs nearly south until s sharply to the westward and falls into the Straits of Malacca. It is navigable for about 40 miles from its mouth by steamers of 300 to 400 tons burden, and for another 100 miles by cargo boats. The upper part of the river is rocky and abounds in rapids, and conse- quently, except for small boats and rafts, is unnavigable. The Kinta, the Batang Padang and the Plus are the three large tributaries of the Perak river. These rivers rise in the main mountain range and flow west and south until they discharge them- selves into the Perak river.

The climate of Perak is good, the temperature in the low country averaging from 60° Fahr. in the night to 90° Fahr. in the heat of the day. The average mean is about 70° Fahr. in the night and 87° Fahr. in the day. The nights are uniformly cool. At 3,000 feet the average is 63° Fahr. at night to 73° in the day. The rainfall varies consid- erably, Taiping, the capital, registering more than 170 (average for 10 years 171.95), but the average elsewhere is about 100 inches. There is no true rainy season, but the wettest months are October, November and December, and the driest are June, July and August.

The State has been under British Protection since 1874 and from that date has been administered under the advice of the British Resident. The State Council, a deliberative, legislative and advisory body, consists of the Sultan and several Malay Chiefs, the British Resident, the Secretary to Resident, and two Chinese members.

The seat of Government is at Taiping in the Larut district, three hours from Penang by railway. The residence of His Highness the Sultan is at Bukit Chandan near the town of Kuala Kangsar, reached by rail from Taiping in about an hour. The High

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