308 MALAY LAW IN NEGRI SEMBILAN. 
restore peace and order and to guarantee the proper power of 
each Chief of the State. A false Penghulu was deported, and 
anumber of false Chiefs detained until they would acknowledge 
the Chief of Tribe, recognised by the Raja and the Penghulu. 
Members of the chief families in a tribe were threatened for 
bringing got up cases against the Lembaga and in a short time 
every thing resumed its proper condition. But this was not all, 
the Waris tribe was clamouring for revenues, was selling land 
and ciaiming lands from the tribes as not having been paid for 
when occupied ten and fifteen years ago. The Waris were 
treated asa tribe and the Chiefs of the Tribe only recognised 
and they were allotted a percentage on the revenues derived 
from waste lands. The sale of land and the claiming of the value 
of occupied lands was knocked on the head by Muhammadan 
law as already described. The Chief in each tribe was kept 
responsible for his tribe and was called and is now called in 
every case, in or out of Court, affecting his tribe. Every Chief 
was told that, in every case the ancient usages and constitu- 
tion would be adhered to, and he was warned that any de- 
parture from the same would be likely to cause his dismissal 
from office. The Chiefs soon saw how much better this was 
and how secure each man’s position had become. The Raja 
was treated as supreme and all the rules of homage and the 
laws of the Istana were strictly enforced, the Raja at the same 
time recognising the British Officer in the administration of 
the State and of its Courts. 
The above has, I think, explained a great deal which might 
not have been understood except by illustration. It shows the 
position of allthe Chiefs, and from this I will pass to a number 
of cases in customary laws. 
The method of the election of the Raja, the Penghulu and 
Lembaga have been briefly described in the original paper. I 
will, however, give an instance of the election of a Lembaga of 
one of the principal tribes here, viz., that of Sri Lemak Pahang 
the Chief of which is also Deputy Penghulu of Ulu Muar (Pangku 
Penghulu serta haluan sembah). There are six families in this 
tribe from which the Chief of the Tribe can be elected. These 
families come in turn for the election of the Chief. At the last 
