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in Pahang: of the latter road, the length from the 42nd to 

 the 64th mile lies in this district, the direction of the road 

 being nearly due north and south. 



It is in this direction, east of the town of Kuala Kla- 

 wang, that most of the avaiahle land, some 50,000 acres, will 

 he found, either fronting on or within easy reach of either 

 the Pertang or the Pahang roads. A good proportion of this 

 land will be found to lie to the east of the Pahang road, but 

 the long distance from the railway — Seremban, some 40 

 or 50 miles distant, being the nearest point on the open line 

 — will continue to handicap this locality unless the line 

 under construction from Gemas on the Negri Sembilan- 

 Johore boundary to Kuala Semantan on the Pahang river, 

 which follows a route somewhat to the east of the Pahang 

 road, should make railway communication a good deal more 

 accessible. Being well inland, this part of the country 

 would require very little drainage except near the banks of 

 the Triang. This river, which raises in the Seremban 

 range, passes through Kuala Klawang in a north-easterly 

 direction, receiving the Jerang river near the point where 

 the Pahang road crosses the boundary, and ultimately falls 

 into the Pahang river, south of Kuala Semantan; it is said 

 to be navigable for native boats of considerable size as far 

 up as its junction with the Jerang. 



Between the foot of the hills on the Seremban boundary 

 and Kuala Klawang, some 4,000 acres could be found on 

 either side of the Seremban road; this land is somewhat 

 hilly, and on one side is separated from the road by a con- 

 tinuous strip of swampy padi land. West of Kuala Kla- 

 wang, in the Ulu Triang division, 5,000 acres, fairly flat, are 

 to be had on the banks of the Triang river; on the other 

 side, between the Pertang road and the hills towards Kuala 

 Pi I ah, there are again 5,000 acres of undulating country 

 with access at several points on the Pertang road. 



Coast. 



This district lies between Seremban and Tampin on the 

 east and south; Kuala Langat on the north; and the Straits 

 of Malacca on the west; the Linggi river — the southern 

 boundary of the district — is the northern boundary of the 

 Colonial Settlement of Malacca. 



Port Dickson is the only town of any size, and is the 

 head-quarters of the district : here are stationed the District 

 Officer and a District Surveyor. 



