35.2 OCCASIONAL NOTES. 



organize another attack, transferred his authority over all the 

 districts from Krian to Kurau to the Mantri. 



Before the Chinese war, Raja Muda ABDULLAH, as he was 

 then called (not having yet been appointed Sultan), went to 

 Krian and passed himself off as Sultan, he then proceeded 

 to Kurau, where he was visited by Inchi Mat Ali, whose 

 father, Toh Rejab, was still alive. Inchi Mat Ali gave Raja 

 Muda Abdullah $300 as a present, and the Raja gave him 

 authority over the Kurau district as far as Kampong Tanjong. 

 Inchi Mat Ali continued to collect hasil klamin as before 

 from the Selangor people of 70 gantangs or 7 sukus, §1.75, 

 and from the F^nang people the same rate or the value of the 

 paddy, say $2.80 or 4 cents per gantfing. This was the rate 

 to 1875. When Mr. Birch was appointed Resident, he gave 

 a kuasa to Inchi Mat Ali to collect the hasil klamin as 

 before, the Inchi to receive one-fifth as commission, the 

 revenue to be paid in at Larut. Inchi Mat Ali collected the 

 tax to the extent of two boat loads of paddy and no more was 

 forthcoming, the Mantri always denying that anything had 

 been paid to him. Thus the matter remained till 1876, when 

 Mr. Jeremiah instructed Captain Speedy to collect it, but 

 owing to the war then being carried on the rate was reduced 

 to $1, and it remained at this figure till Sir HUGH Low raised 

 it to its present rate. 



N. DENISON. 



Mr. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM PERAK. 



(From the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of 

 London, June 2gth, 1886.) 



Notes on some Birds from Perak. By E. Bowdler Sharpe, f.l.s., f.z.s., etc. 

 Zoological Department, British Museum. 



Thanks to the exertions of Mr. DAVISON, who explored 

 the western side of the Malayan Peninsula, we have a tolerably 

 complete list of the birds of this portion of the Indian Region, 

 and a list of his collections has been given by Mr. Hume 



