MY VISIT TO KLIAN INTAN. 139 



Ever since the British Protectorate was set up in Perak 

 in 1874, the claims of Perak to this territory have been perio- 

 dically urged by various Administrators in the Straits Settle- 

 ments and Perak, notably Sir Frederick Weld, Sir Hugh Low 

 and Sir Frank Swettenham. 



It is a great triumph that in the Consulship of Sir John 

 Anderson, and during the reign of the enlightened Sultan of 

 Perak, Sir Idris Mersid el Aazara Shah, G.C.M.G., it has been 

 found possible to conclude the negotiations which have added 

 to Perak a tract of country not less than one thousand square 

 miles in extent, and a population of at least three thousand 

 persons. The whole length of the beautiful Perak river, 260 

 miles from its source to its mouth, has now come into Perak 

 territory. 



From the Sultan downwards amongst Perak Malays there 

 is great satisfaction at the restoration of a country which they 

 have always claimed and for which they have patiently waited. 



I have had occasion recently to visit the north-west corner 

 of this territory on two occasions, travelling as far as Betong 

 in Patani. 



My first visit was to see how far it is possible to prevent 

 the silt from the tin mines at Klian Intan and elsewhere from 

 finding its way into and polluting the Perak river, and my 

 second visit was to take over, by order of Sir John Anderson, 

 the country restored to Perak under the Treaty between Great 

 Britain and Siam. 



On my first visit I was accompanied by P. 0. N. Ander- 

 son and Hubert Berkeley. I started from Grit on Sunday, the 

 6th June, 1909. We walked 4i miles to Pahat, and then 

 went on to Krunei on elephants. Krunei was once thickly 

 peopled. There are fine open plains, and here was the fort of 

 To Nong Patani, a remarkable lady, who was a friend of, and 

 very hospitable to, Sir Hugh Low. On my second visit I 

 appointed Ali bin Mehar, the Kemenan, to be our Penghulu, 

 and under him are the villages of Pong (two), Pahit, Plang, 

 Jong, Alei and Krunei. At Krunei, just as some of our party 

 were crossing the Rui river, one Majid, a Patani Malay, ran 



R. A. Soc, No. 54, 1939. 



