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A road runs from Port Dickson south along the coast, 

 turning northwards near the Linggi river and returning to 

 Seremban, a distance of 48 miles; another road is now 

 being constructed from Membau — a station on the Sungei 

 Ujong railway — through Lukut, which will bring Port 

 Dickson within 25 miles of the State capital. Land can be 

 found in the following places: 



(i) At the 5th-7th miles on the railway there is 1,000 

 acres under heavy forest ; 



(ii) Fronting on the Sepang river — the boundary with 

 the Kuala Langat district — are 3,000-4,000 acres, said to 

 be very fertile. There is no road, and the land would 

 require considerable drainage; 



(iii) In the same division, near the head of the valley, 

 some 2,000-4,000 acres, heavy forest, high land and some- 

 what hilly: the nearest Government road is 6 miles distant; 

 a road passing up the valley between Lukut and Labu is 

 contemplated ; 



(iv) Four thousand acres on the Membau road, be- 

 tween the 12th and 15th miles from Port Dickson, and near 

 the railway ; 



(v) On the Coast road, 1,000 acres, a mile inland from 

 the 4th mile; 5,000 acres with frontage, between the 7th and 

 8th miles; and 5,000 acres at the 15th mile. The greater 

 part of this land is hilly or undulating with some 400 or 500 

 acres of swamp ; 



(vi) About 3,000 acres between the 21st and 23rd miles 

 with frontage on the Seremban-Linggi road, undulating 

 with a few hills ; and 3,000 acres of forest near Suak Ben- 

 tong Tapioca Estate. Some 5 miles from the Government 

 road, a private cart-road to Linggi runs within a mile of 

 block: in this division, Linggi, are several flourishing 

 tapioca estates, and two blocks of lalang land, 2,000 acres 

 each, have been taken up. On the Sungei Ujong Railway, 

 a mile or two from Port Dickson, the land on either side of 

 the line now planted with rubber has been recently re- 

 claimed from lalang. 



Tampin. 



Lying between the Coast district and Kuala Pilah, with 

 Seremban on the west and Johore-on the east, is the district 

 of Tampin, with which is included Rembau. The railway 

 traverses the whole length of the district to Tampin, the 

 head-quarters: here one branch turns away to Malacca, the 



