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THE FOUR STATES. 



PERAK. 



Perak is the most northerly of the three Western 

 States, as it is the largest. It is hounded on the north by 

 the Trans-Krian district of Province Wellesley, by Kedah 

 and Reman ; on the west by the Straits of Malacca ; on the 

 east by Pahang ; and on the south by Selangor. 



For administrative purposes it is divided into six 

 districts: (a) Larut and Krian; (b) Upper Perak; (c) 

 Kuala Kangsar ; (d) Kinta; (e) Batang Padang ; (/) Lower 

 Perak. The official head-quarters of the State are at Tai- 

 ping in the Larut district, which is about 2^ hours by rail 

 from Penang : here are the offices and residences of the 

 principal Government officers, including the Resident; the 

 Secretary to the Resident ; the State Engineer ; the District 

 Officer, Larut and Krian; and the Superintendent of 

 Revenue Surveys. 



The area of the State is estimated at 6,580 square 

 miles, equivalent to 4,211,200 acres: of this 534,799 acres 

 have been alienated, 385,483 acres being for agriculture. 



COMMUNICATIONS. 



The main line of the Federated Malay States Railway, 

 after leaving Province Wellesley, enters Perak at Parit 

 Buntar in the north, traversing the whole length of the 

 State to Tanjong Malim on the Perak Selangor boundary. 

 There are stations at almost all the principal towns on the 

 route, and branch lines connect Port Weld (8 miles) — once 

 a flourishing port with a considerable trade with Penang — 

 with Taiping; and Tapah Road to Telok Anson (17 miles) 

 — the chief port of the State ; while another line is in course 

 of construction from Ipoh — the centre of the Kinta tin- 

 mining industry — to Tronoh. 



The main trunk road connects with the colonial system 

 at Parit Buntar, following much the same route as the 

 railway to Tanjong Malim. 



Steamers. 



Port Weld, in the Matang sub-district, is connected by 

 steamer three times a week with Penang; but most of the 

 goods and passengers are now carried by the railway. 

 Telok Anson, in Lower Perak, is the principal port of the 

 State. There is a daily service of steamers to and from 

 Penang, and three times a week by the vessels of the Straits 

 Steamship Company to Port Swettenham. There is a 



