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and sand some sixty to a hundred feet wide and eight to twelve 

 feet elevation above the general level of the land. These lines 

 of old beaches stretch between the Diudings and the estuary of 

 the Perak river. The land here, as in Larut, is only superficially 

 of marine origin. At quite a slight depth fresh water allu- 

 vium is met with containing a large amount of "amang" and 

 some coarse-grained tin -sand. It would be very interesting to 

 put down a few bores in this locality, and also to take careful 

 measurements of the old beaches. On the opposite side of the 

 mouth of the Perak river much the same thing is to be 

 observed. At Bagan Datoh, some two miles inland from the 

 light -house, is a well marked beach. It is over a couple of miles 

 long by forty to sixty feet wide, and three feet in elevation. 

 It consists almost entirely of finely broken sea shells with very 

 little sand. Inside this is another line of beach, and as the 

 jungle becomes cleared doubtless many more will be found. 

 This series of beaches stretches, in a more or less connected 

 way, between the mouths of the Perak and the Bernam rivers. 



In Pasir Panjang, on the Perak river, there is exposed in 

 the high bank of the river a layer of oyster and other shells. 

 It is covered by three feet of cjuite evenly bedded alluvial 

 earth. On digging into the layer numerous fragments of 

 Chinese and European pottery and glass were found mixed with 

 the shells. Raja Musa explained it by stating that when he 

 was a boy his father, the then Sultan of Perak, lived there and 

 the shells marked the site of the kitchen. This was at that 

 time about a hundred yards from the bank of the river, which 

 has since altered its course to that extent. The age can there- 

 fore be only about thirty years. And the depth of the cov- 

 ering earth gives the very rapid rate of increase of the level of 

 the valley at that place as one foot in ten years. 



FINANCIAL. 



The unexpended balances for the year amounted to 

 $2,304.95; and the revenue, under the heading of Assay and 

 Prospecting Fees, was $232.20, against an estimate of $125. 



17th February, 1896. 



