My Visit to Klian Intan. 



By E. W. Birch, c.m.g. 



The tin mines of Intan and Endak were opened originally 

 by a Feral- Malay, " Paivang Serine/;' son of the Chief of the 

 Northern District, " Toll Ilatang:' The durian trees at 

 Dusun Kalik were planted by him. After his death, the mines 

 were a constant source of discord between his cousin, Toh 

 Lamboh (who had then become Sri Adika Raja), and the 

 Patani Chiefs, and a petty border warfare was the result. 

 Sometimes one party (jot possession of the mines, and some- 

 times the other. The same sort of thing went on in the time 

 of Toll Trosou, the next Sri Adika Raja. Then came the war. 

 with Kedah (1817-8) and the mines passed into Patani hands. 

 Since then the Patani Malays have practically owned the 

 country down to Bukit Naksa, and Berhala Bujpk at the head 

 of Jeram Panjang (long rapids). The Perak Chiefs and 

 ryots hare had to acquiesce tacitly in this arrangement, bat 

 they hare always, when possible, asserted their right to the 

 ancient boundary, though they hare not always been able to 

 enforce it. Many years hare passed since the Intan and 

 Endak mines paid a royalty to Perak, and since their produce 

 was taken on elephants to Lubok Goloh and sent down to the 

 Perak river. But the claims of Perak are not forgotten by the 

 men of the Ulu, and this boundary question was one of the 

 first points on which the assistance of the first British Resident 

 was asked. 



The first allusion to these mines, which I have found in 

 any European author, occurs in Anderson's " Considerations" 

 (p. 168), where he mentions a letter written by the Raja 

 of Perak to the Raja of Kedah, in 181 J/., containing the follow- 

 ing passage: "The Patani people have attacked our country 

 jind taken possession of our tin mines/' After this oecurrence } 



Jour. Straits Branch R. A. Soc, No. 54, 1909. 



