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is often impossible to land at Kuala Pahang on account of 

 the heavy seas. 



From Raub the main road continues on to Kuala Lipis 

 — the capital of the State — at the junction of the Lipis and 

 Jelei rivers: here are stationed the British Resident, the 

 District Officer of the Kuala Lipis district, and the State 

 Superintendent of Revenue Surveys. At Benta, 19 miles 

 on the main road from Kuala Lipis, a new road is in course 

 of construction across the State to Kuantan. 



For administrative purposes the State is divided into 

 five districts: Raub, Kuala Lipis and Temerloh on the west- 

 ern side, with Pekan and Kuantan on the east coast, 



Raub. 



Though not the largest, this is the most important of 

 the five districts, and is the centre of the gold and tin min- 

 ing industries. It is administered by a District Officer 

 stationed at Raub, on the main road, where also is the 

 principal Land Office, and an Assistant District Officer at 

 Bentong: the latter is a mining town of some importance, 

 some 30 miles from Raub, with which it is connected by a 

 good metalled road; a daily motor service is maintained by 

 the railway administration between these places. South of 

 Bentong the road turns westwards to Kuala Lumpur over 

 the Ginting Bidai pass ; this road is nearing completion and 

 will bring Bentong 40 miles nearer to Kuala Lumpur than 

 at present. South from Bentong the road is being ex- 

 tended to meet the road from Kuala Pilah at the Jelebu- 

 Pahang boundary. Both these roads open up almost un- 

 limited tracts of virgin jungle, containing every variety of 

 land. In the valley of the river Klau, 8 miles from Bentong, 

 50,000 acres could be easily obtained. Communication with 

 Bentong would be by river, and the land is somewhat low- 

 lying. 



On the road from Raub to Batu Talam (6 miles metall- 

 ed, 10 miles unmetalled) a further area of 50,000 acres 

 could be obtained ; and in the Gali division, near the Raub- 

 Kuala Lipis road, at least 30,000 acres are available. 



Kuala Lipis. 



This is the largest of the districts, covering nearly the 

 whole of the northern boundary, with an area not much less 

 than that of the State of Selangor. The only roads in the 

 district are the main road from Raub and that from Benta 

 to Kuantan. 



