THE NEGRI SEMBILAN. 53 
in Pérak and Sélangor. The Yam Tuan Bésdr of Sri Mé- 
nantihas 32 guns fired on State occasions. The Yam Tuan 
Muda (Jélébu and Rémbau) 16 guns. The eldest son 
of the Yam Tuan Bésdr is Téngku Bésdr. The eldest son 
of the Yam Tuan Muda is Téngku Midda. On the death of 
a Yam Tuan, the old custom is, that all the people in the 
country shall pay ‘‘mds madnah.” This consists of one gan- 
tang of rice, two coco-nuts, one fowl, and duzt s pérak which 
amounts to six cents of the present currency. In populous 
countries like these this amounts to a great deal. I have 
already mentioned the Tanah Telipakkan or State reserves, 
Télapakkan Undang yang ampat. If the To Engku of Klang, 
the Dato’ of Jélébu, the Klana of Sungei Ujong, or the 
Dato’ of Johdl travelled, they always stayed at one of these 
reserves, and the people occupying the reserves had to pay 
a tribute of one gantang of rice, two coco-nuts, one fowl, 
chillies and saffron, for their sustenance. 
The /du Bapa of tribes collect the mas mdnah for the Raja. 
They then take it to the Lémbaga, who takes it to the Un- 
dang. The Undang then takes it to the /stana on the day 
appomeued by the oiticers of the Yam Luan’s court. It is 
necessary that every Undang should go to the /sténua on 
every Hari Raya, or if not Hart Raya on Raya Hazz, to do 
homage to the Yam Tuan. This is the same in Pérak and 
Sélangor. The people of these countries are exceedingly 
tenacious of their individual rights, wz., the rights of the 
Témpat Séménda, the rights of the /du Bapa, of the Lém- 
baga of the Undang, of the Waris and of the Raja; and if 
their laws are adhered to and strictly supported, it is very easy 
to administer a large Malay population. 
MARTIN LISTER. 
