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attained. That the Pahang Malay is incapable of sustained and 

 exhausting effort no one will maintain who has ever hired him to 

 pole a boat up stream, and now that he is incited to labour by the 

 wish to obtain the new and attractive luxuries which the development 

 of the CQuntry has brought within his reach, and is assured in the 

 possession of any property he may acquire, there is no reason to 

 doubt that he will progress as fast as have his fellow-countrymen in 

 the other States. 



Lipis. 



The land rents collected in the Lipis district in 1909 amounted to 

 $10,704, an increase of $1,486 over the amount collected in 1908. 

 The mining rents were $106 only. 



There was a decrease in the total number of applications for 

 lands to be held by entry in the mukim register, but a notable 

 increase in those received from the most backward mukim in the dis- 

 trict — the Ulu Tembeling. 



The padi crop is reported as poor, and loans of money and rice 

 had to be granted to the raiats in some mukims. There is little wet 

 padi land in the district, and the cultivation of upland rice is very 

 dependent on the chances of weather. 



The number of applications and incomplete titles awaiting regis- 

 tration in the mukim register on the 1st January, 1909, was 3,339; the 

 smimlar number on the 1st January, 1910, was 3,047. The progress 

 made was poor. 



Raub. 



The land rents collected in the Raub district in 1909 (other than 

 mining rents) amounted to $11,900, and differed little from the 

 amount collected in the previous year. 



The padi harvest is reported to have been good. Some 500 acres 

 of young Para rubber trees are under cultivation by natives : few have 

 as yet been tapped. 



The alienated areas at the end of the last two years have been as 

 follows : — 



1908. 1909. 

 Acres. Acres. 



Town, village, and agricultural lands 20,436 ... 20,788 

 Mining lands 30,856 ... 32,243 



In the area of mining lands are included nearly 4,000 acres which 

 are being worked on mining licenses by the approved applicants. 



The number of applications and of incomplete titles awaiting 

 registration on the mukim register on the 1st January, 1909, was 

 1,908; the similar number on the 1st January, IQIO, was 1,240. The 

 progress was satisfactory. 



