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PERAK SELANGOR

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SELANGOR

This protected Malay State, containing an area of 3,160 square miles, lies on the western coast of the Malay Peninsula, and is bounded by the Protected States of Perak on the North and of Negri Sembilan on the south, extending inland to the mountains in the centre of the peninsula, which divide it from Pahang.

The Government is administered by the Sultan, who is advised by the British Resident and by the State Council. The State is divided into the following six dis- tricts:- 1.-Kuala Lumpur, containing the town of Kuala Lumpur, where the Residency and principal Government Offices are situated, and which also contains the richest tin mines that have yet been developed. 2.-Klang. This district contains the Sultan's residence and also Port Swettenham, the principal port, which lies at the mouth of the Klang river. 3.-Kuala Langat, an agricultural district. 4.-Kuala Selangor, a coastal district containing large areas of developed and potential padi land. 5.-Ulu Selangor, a district adjoining Perak and Pahang, containing much valuable mining land. Ulu Langat, an inland mining district on the borders of Negri Sembilan.

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Each district is under the charge of a District Officer, from whom the Malay Penghulus (in charge of the mukims into which each district is sub-divided) receive instructions.

The Police Force consists of 19 gazetted and superior officers, 997 subordinate police officers and constables and 67 detectives.

The population of Selangor in 1884, when the first census was taken, was 46,568; but at the end of 1938 it was estimated to be 664,847, of whom 314,927 were Chinese; 143,885 Malays, 191,782 natives of India, 3,844 Europeans, 2,496 Eurasians and 7,913.

others.

The principal industries of the State, and those from which it derives the largest portion of its revenue, are alluvial tin mining and rubber cultivation.

In addition to its rich mineral resources, the State possesses large tracts of land well adapted for agriculture and the growth of staple products, such as rice and coconuts, by small-holders. Pineapple cultivation is a recent and thriving occupation and minor plantations of coffee and pepper have been successfully conducted.

To encourage pioneer planters, grants of land have (in recent years) been made, on special terms, for the planting of African oil palm and nipah palm. But the principal agricultural pro- duct here, as in the other Malay States, is rubber. 746,337 acres of land had been alienated for agricultural and building purposes by the end of the year 1938 compri- sing 511,977 acres under rubber, 117,805 acres under coconuts, 8,148 acres under coffee, 15,646 acres under padi, 21,404 acres under oil palm and 24,536 acres under cultivation by native small-holders. The value of rubber exported in 1938 was $35,356,682.

The principal exports are rubber, tin, pineapples, copra and oil palm products. The principal imports are rice, petroleum, oils, cotton piece goods, manufactured food- stuffs, tobacco and livestock.

There were 52,591 acres alienated for mining-chiefly tin-at the end of 1938. The recorded output of tin concentrate from the State amounted to 281,112 pikuls as com- pared with 546,834 pikuls in 1937. The value of this output at the average local price. of tin of $95.59 per pikul was $19,836,917 as against a total value of $49,047,005 at an