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sies and difficulties have arisen in these States in reference to 
participation in revenues. 
It is a mistake to suppose that waste lands are vested in 
the Dato’ Pénghiulu only. They are vested in the Waris, and 
the participation should be rated throughout the tribe. The 
rule, however, 1s ‘‘ Gédang sama gédang, kéchil sama kéchil” ; 
meaning that the Chiefs get the principal share and the lesser 
people only a little—literally, big with big small with small. 
In Sungei Ujong, the Dato’ Bandar is a very important man. 
Not so in the other States. The Dato’ Bandar in Rémbau has 
no greater rights to revenues than the other Aépéla Waris. 
In Muar, the Dato’ Bandar is really a mere title, and he does 
not participate with the Aépa/a Warts in waste lands, nor does 
he in Jémpol or Géméncheh. The Undang should participate 
as such in general revenues on account of the office to which 
he has been elected, vzz., the highest office held by a com- 
moner in each State. As a Waris he shares with the other 
Képila Waris. Vhe Lémbaga participate only to a small 
extent as heads of tribes, and they can only claim where taxa- 
tion is introduced which affects their tribes. All cases nearly 
are settled by custom—ddat—as already explained. With 
reference to property, Mahomedan law is only brought in as 
a last resource, if @dat is insufficient for the case at issue. 
Mahomedan law is exercised only by the Ka adilan (Sultan). 
Intermarriage in a tribe is looked upon asa very grave offence 
in Rémbau, and used to be visited by death. In Jémpol, the 
people are very strict observers of the Mahomedan religion, 
and they found that this law was so little in accordance with 
Mahomedan law that the law was repealed, and it only re- 
quired a slight alteration in the property laws to make this. 
The Dato’ of Johél is the principal Uxdang, and the States 
of Ulu Muar, Jémpol, Géméncheh, Térachi and Ginong Pasir 
are “ bértali déngan Fohdl,’* t.e., they are bound to consult 
Johol on matters of importance. Dato’ Baginda Tan Améas of 
Johol besides being the Aépéla War's, is also, so to speak, 
* Lit, ‘Strung to’, ‘in one string with,’ 
Dike Anda 
