8 TIN MINING IN PERAK. 
Captain Speedy, the first Assistant Resident of Perak, gives the 
following account of the beginning of the mining industry in Larut. 
“ But although the wealth of this kingdom [Perak] was thus early recog- 
nised, Larut appears to have been totally unexplored unul 1848. During 
that year an enterprising Malay named Che Long Jaffar,* while bathing 
in a stream, had his attention arrested by some black sand, which, 
when assayed, was found to be tin. He immediately took steps for 
obtaining coolies, and with twenty Chinese from the Chin Seah district, 
opened a mine at a place called Galian Pao [Klan Pau, near where 
the Museum now stands], which proved to be extremely lucrative. 
“As the report of this success reached China, a large number of 
other emigrants, comprising the men of many districts (generally, but 
erroneously, designated “ tribes’), flocked to Larut, and the mineral 
resources of this country then first began to be in some measure de- 
veloped.t 
“Tn 1862 quarrels relating to the ownership of the mines arose 
between the Chin Seah and the men of another district—viz., the Fui 
Chin, which ended in the expulsion from the country of the latter. 
‘In consequence of the representations of some of the Fui Chins, 
who were naturalised British subjects, the then Resident Councillor of 
Penang, Colonel Mann, sent a man-of-war to demand compensation from 
the Raja of Larut for the serious losses which the complainants had 
sustained. 
“The Raja, in his turn, demanded this of the Chin Seah, and the 
sum of $17,500 was accordingly obtained. 
‘“ During the ten succeeding years, affairs in Larut appear to have 
been tolerably peaceful, but early in 1872 disturbances again broke out 
among the miners, which soon assumed a most serious aspect. 
“Two factions were formed, called respectively,—after the districts 
in China from which the men came—Sih Quan and Goh Quan—viz., 
Five Districts and Four Districts. 
* Chi Lang Jaffar was a Malay trader who formerly collected the padi rents at Bagan 
Tiang, in the Krian district. 
+ Chi Lang Jaffar died about 1860, and was succeeded by his brother Chi Ngah Lamut, 
who was succeeded by his nephew, Chi Ngah Ibrahim, the son of Chi Lang Jaffar, as 
Mantri of Larut, in the year 1862. 
+ Mr. A. M. Skinner, ina Parliamentary Paper Precis of Perak Affairs, writes, “the miners 
consist of ‘“ Cantonese” (here called Macaos) and ‘“‘ Kehs” who are unfriendly, and speak 
different dialects. These two great race divisions, though at the bottom of all the disturb- 
ances, have become much confused, many siding with the kongsee to which they belong 
rather than with their own people. The present parties are best known by the names of 
See Kwans and Go Kwang, as follows :— 
Sin Neng 
( Sin Whee ) 
Seow Keng 
Whee Chew 
( Cheng Sia 
| Poon Say 
Go Kwan (five districts). ~ Soon Tek | Mostly Hye Sans and Kehs.” 
Lam Hye 
Tong Quan ) 
See Kwan (four districts). j Mostly Gee Hins and Cantonese. 
