213 



service of steam launches from Penang to Nibong Tebal in 

 Province Wellesley (Colonial Territory), a few miles from 

 Parit Buntar, and to Kuala Kurau and Bagan Serai in the 

 Krian district. 



Larut and Krian. 



This district is divided into four sub-districts: (i) 

 Krian; (ii) Selama; (iii) Larut; (iv) Matang. 



The head-quarters are at Taiping, where are stationed 

 the District Officer, an Assistant District Officer, the Super- 

 intendent of Revenue Surveys and the District Surveyor. 



(i) Krian. 



Bordering on Province Wellesley and Kedah, the chief 

 town is Parit Buntar, situated in the north-west corner of 

 the district. An Assistant District Officer is stationed here 

 with a Second Assistant in charge of the Land Office; the 

 surveys are controlled by the District Surveyor at Taiping. 

 Other towns comprise Kuala Kurau at the mouth of the 

 Kurau river, and Bagan Serai on the main road and the 

 railway, 9 miles from Parit Buntar and 23 miles from 

 Taiping. Krian is essentially a padi-planting district, and 

 outside the irrigation area there is very little high land 

 left suitable for other forms of cultivation. There is a 

 small area lying on the north of the Bagan Serai-Selama 

 road in the east corner of the district, the nearest railway 

 station is A lor Pongsu, 5 miles distant. Behind the swamp 

 lands, which border the main road between the 9th and 11th 

 miles from Taiping, there is a good extent of jungle land, 

 as yet untouched. Access would be difficult, as the land lies 

 at the back of a mile of padi land: the nearest station is 

 Krian Road, 5 miles distant. 



(ii) Selama. 



In charge — the Malay Magistrate. 



The road from Taiping to Selama touches the railway 

 line at Pondok Tanjong Station and again at Krian Road. 

 In this sub-district, as in Larut, with the exception, perhaps, 

 of the Batu Kurau mukim, which lies off the main road aad 

 is somewhat difficult of access, there are no large areas 

 suitable for planting. 



(iii) Larut. 



There is no great extent of land available for planting 

 on a large scale in this sub-district. 



