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India Steam Navigation Co., and smaller local boats; the 

 mail steamers of the British India Steam Navigation Co., 

 from Madras to Singapore, call every alternate Friday, and 

 other ocean-going steamers at uncertain intervals. 



The area of the State is estimated at 3,200 square miles, 

 or 2,048,000 acres. At the end of 1907, 414,342 acres were 

 held under permanent titles, of which 338,805 acres had 

 been alienated for planting. 



TJltj Selangor. 



This is the most northerly of the inland districts, hav- 

 ing Kuala Selangor on the west, the main mountain range 

 on the east, and the Kuala Lumpur district on the south. 

 The railway and the road follow the same line through this 

 district: leaving Tanjong Malim, they pass through Kuala 

 Kubn, the head-quarters of the district, and the starting 

 paint of the Pahang trunk road; thence by way of Rasa and 

 Serendah to Rawang: here the railway turns to the west, 

 through Kuang and Kepong, to avoid the hills, meeting the 

 road again at Kuala Lumpur. The principal towns are those 

 already mentioned; at Kuala Kubu — the head-quarters — 

 are the Land Office and the District Survey Office. Though 

 tin has hitherto been the principal asset of the district, and 

 is responsible for the rise of such towns as Serendah and 

 Rawang, there is still room for planters, and some 100,000 

 acres of land is said to be available: most of this will be 

 found on the west of the road, as the land on the east, 

 especially north of the Pahang road, is much broken up by 

 lulls, and in the valleys between those considerable mining 

 is carried on. Near Batang Kali, on that side of the road, 

 a fair amount of land might be found, and one or two 

 estates have already been started in this neighbourhood. 

 Near Serendah and Ulu Yam, access can be obtained with- 

 out much difficulty to the main road, and a part of this land 

 is also intersected by the road from Rawang to Kuala 

 Selangor, which gives access to some promising sites. A 

 new road is projected from Rantau Panjang on the Ra- 

 wang-Kuala Selangor road to Kerling — a station on the 

 railway, a few miles north of Kuala Kubu — this will open 

 up a very considerable area. All this land is said to be 

 fairly high and to require very little drainage. 



Kuala Lumpur. 



The Land Office is in charge of the Collector of Land 

 Revenue, who is also registrar of Titles for the State; the 

 Superintendent of Revenue Surveys has his head office 



