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Islands, further on the Eastern Coast of Suma- 

 tra. 

 (g) Indragiri, with Mandah and Reteh. 



8. Residency island of Banka with the Leper islands ; 

 area about 237 geographical square miles. Chief place, 

 Muntok. 



9. Assistant Residency Island of Billiton (Elitung) with 

 surrounding islands 154 in number. Chief place, Tandjong 

 Pandan. 



Riouw and dependencies, Banka, and Billiton are under 

 direct Dutch rule. 



A great deal has been done of late years towards the deve- 

 lopment of the rich resources of Sumatra, but there still 

 remains a vast field for European capital and enterprise. 



F. KEHDING. 



THE KURAU DISTRICT, PERAK. 



Kurau was originally a nest of pirates, and no one ventured 

 to live near the kwd/a, the people living at Kampong Tuah, 

 about 70 miles up the river. Many of the Kurau people were 

 themselves pirates, and Colonel Low, then Government Agent 

 in Province Wellesley, in conjunction with Toh JENUA, 

 Palawan, led, about fifty or sixty years ago, an expedition 

 against Kurau and destroyed a number of piratical boats. 

 Colonel Low created TOH JENUA Palawan of Kurau in the 

 place of Nakkoda Uddin, who was a pirate. 



No hasil klamin was originally paid in Kurau. Kurau 

 formerly extended to Pasir Gedabu and was under Panglima 

 BUKIT 'GANTANG. Hilir Kurau was itself given to Datoh 

 REJAB under the Panglima. After this the Bendahara came 

 to Kurau and claimed makan Raja namely 30 gantangs of 

 paddy from each klamin, which the Datoh refused to pay. 

 The Bendahara then led an expedition from Perak against 

 Kurau and took the Datoh prisoner. 



