12 TIN MINING IN PERAK. 
to abide by his decision. In accordance with this agreement, Captain 
Dunlop, Mr. F. A. Swettenham, and Mr. Pickering, together with Capitan 
Ah Yam and Capitan Ah Kwi, were deputed to visit Perak, disarm the 
Chinese in Larut, destroy the stockades, and arrange terms between the 
See Kwans and Go Kwans. The Commissioners arrived on the 23rd 
January, carried out their instructions, and left again on February the 
Zist. 
Returning now to Captain Speedy’s narrative, he proceeds :—" The 
Chiefs of Perak having been induced to sign a bond of peace and amity 
with each other, the heir-apparent to the throne (whose coronation had 
been during the previous two years deferred, owing to the dissensions of 
these very Chiefs) was by them acknowledged the rightful successor ; 
and in compliance with the request of the Sultan, a British Resident was 
appointed for Perak. 
“This took place at Pulo Pankor on the 2oth January last year, and 
from that day the pacification of Larut may be dated. 
“For the first two months traders hesitated to enter a country where 
so lately fire and sword had unsparingly been used, but enterprising 
Chinese merchants made advances of money and provisions to such men 
as were willing to commence re-working the disused mines, and Larut 
gradually assumed an aspect of industry and amendment. 
“ During the early part of the year, several petty outbreaks occurred, 
but this was entirely owing to the machinations of afew fighting chiefs of 
the Goh Quan faction, whose occupation, now that peace was proclaimed, 
was gone; nine of these men, however, were by my advice deported by 
the Mantri on the 23rd July, and since then everything has been as satis- 
factory as could be desired. 
‘Slowly but steadily the population began in some measure to 
regain its former status; and as early as March I| found it necessary to 
select sites for towns in the centre of the mining districts. 
“The Commissioners appointed by His Excellency to settle the 
claims regarding the disputed mines had done so during the previous 
month by drawing a line through the mining country and placing the 
Sih Quans in possession of the mines to the northward of the boundary, 
and the Goh Quans to the south. 
“Two towns were accordingly planned—one for each district ; that 
in the Goh Quan division, about two miles from Kotah Galian, I called 
Thaipeng, which being the Chinese for “everlasting peace,” I regarded 
as a happy omen for the future. This town had at the close of the year 
5000 inhabitants, one-tenth of whom are shopkeepers who supply the 
miners with goods. 
“The town for the Sih Quan miners was named Kamunting, being 
the Malayan name of that district; and before the close of the year 
contained 4000 inhabitants and 300 shops. 
‘The population of the whole country had, during the disturbances 
of 1872 and 1873, been reduced to the number of 4000, who were 
merely the fighting men of both factions. Not a trader, Chinese or 
