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II, Outline of Political and Commercial Relations with the Native 



States on the Eastern and Western Coasts, Malay Peninsula*. By T. 

 J. Newbold, Lieut., A.J). C. to Brigadier General Wilson, C. B. 



Note. It will be convenient to preface, that the subjoined outline follows 



the geographical order of the States on both coasts of the peninsula ; com- 

 mencing on the north-west with Que'dah, and proceeding southerly down the 

 Straits of Malacca to Point Romania — thence turning northerly along the east- 

 ern coast up to Potdni. 



The following is the order of the States, with their supposed boundaries and 

 estimate of population, chiefly derived from native sources in 1835. 



Quidah\— from the Trang river, in 7° 20' N. to the Krian, 5° 10' N. Popu- 

 lation 50,000. 



Pirak— from the Krian to the Runktip, in about 3° 59' N. Population 35,000. 



Salangore— from the R&nktip to the Lingie, in about 2* 35' N. Population 12,000. 



Malacca— (British territory,) from the Lingie to the Cassang. Population, (1833- 

 1834,) 34,333. 



J chore— from the Cassang to the Sedilly, on the East coast, 2° 15' N. Popula- 

 tion 25,000. 



Pah&ng— from the Sedilly to the Kem&mang, in 4 15' N. Population 40,000. 



Kem&mang— is situated a mile or two up the river, little or no territory along the 

 coast. Population 1,000. 



Tringanu — from the Kem&mang to the Basut. Population 30,000. 



Calantan — from the Basut to the Bar una. Population 50,000. 



Pat&ni — from the Baruna to Tana, in 7° 20' N. Population 54,000. 



The population of Pinang in 1833 amounted to 40,322, — that of Province Welles- 

 ley to 49,553,— and that of Singapore, in 1834, to 26,329. 



Quedah, Lig6re, Patdni, Merdilous, Junk Ceylon. — The upper states 

 of the peninsula, viz. Que'dah, Ligdre, Patdni, Merdilous, and the 

 island of Junk Ceylon, are considered in the treaty concluded by Major 

 Burney, with Siam, in 1826, as provinces of that empire, — aeon- 

 cession to that arrogant power, scarcely just or politic. 



Que'dah. — Our relations with the latter four states are merely of a 

 commercial nature, — an unrestricted trade with the ports of Sin- 

 gapore, Malacca, and Pinang. With regard to Quedah, it is stipulated 

 in the above treaty, that the Siamese shall take proper care of that 

 country and its people, and that they shall remain there : the inha- 

 bitants of Pinang and Quedah enjoying mutual trade and intercourse 

 as before. The Siamese engaged not to levy any duty upon stock 

 and provisions ; such as cattle, buffaloes, poultry, fish, paddy, and 

 rice, which the inhabitants of Pinang, or ships there, might have 



* This paper, though rather more of a political nature than is suitable to a 

 Scientific Journal, cannot be refused publication, as it forms the wind-up to the 

 valuable series of notices of the Malacca States already printed in our pages. — Ed. 



+ It must be borne in mind, that a tract of the Quedah coast, called Province 

 Wellesley, about 35 miles long by 4 broad, extending from the embouchure of the 

 Mtida to that of the Krian river, is under the Pinang Government. 



