192 THE INDEPENDENT NATIVE STATES 



such rivers as the Bernam, Klang, Selangor, and Langat, under its 

 new administration, may grow into a state worthy of its great 

 natural resources. 



mngei 



As already stated, the constant border fights between S„_. 

 Ujong and Eambau, which, in 18/3 and 1874 rather increased than 

 diminished, had rendered the Linggi river (the highway to Sungei 

 Ujong and parts of Eambau) all but impassable, until, after 

 repeated complaints from British subjects of the blackmailing and 

 robbery which was going on in that river, the Eambau people 

 erected stockades at a place called Bukit Tiga, about ten miles 

 from the mouth of the Linggi, and literally put a stop to all traffic. 



This occurred in April, 1874, and Governor Sir Andeew 

 Clarke, finding remonstrance of no avail, went in person to Sem- 

 pang on the Linggi river where he met the Datu Klana of Sungei 

 Ujong, and after a conference with him the stockades at Bukit 

 Tiga were destroyed by the Klana' s people with the assistance of 

 several boats' crews from H.M.S. Charyldis an&Avon. The Lino-gi 

 river was thus re-opened for trade, and before Sir Andrew Clarke 

 left it boats containing $5,000 worth of tin went down it from 

 Sungei Ujong, having been unable until then to get past the 

 stockades. 



Syed Ahman, the Klana of Sungei Ujong, had immediately 

 before this action on the Linggi assured the Government of his 

 desire to protect legitimate trade, to put down freebooting and 

 river piracy, and to harbour no criminals or enemies of those in 

 alliance with the British G-overnment. To this effect also he had 

 signed (in April, 1874) an Agreement, and as there appeared to be 

 no reason to doubt his sincerity a quantity of arms ordered by him 

 from England, and which, owing to the disturbed state of Sungei 

 Ujong and Eambau, had hitherto been detained, were now handed 

 over to him. 



After this affair at Bukit Tiga nothing of any importance 

 occurred in Sungei Ujong till August, 1874, when the Klana, 

 acting in concert with the Sultan of SMungor and his Viceroy Tunku 



