SHE AX RIVER. 



to t lie Police station at the boundary pillar al Book it 

 Toougal* 



On the Perak ride, there is a population of perhaps 

 one thousand souls. Although the British territory • 

 actually terminates oil the noi l h bank of the Krean 

 liver, yet the latter, from its mouth to the boundai j 

 pillar, haw, by custom, become a neutral passage 

 towards the interior — and as is the case at Muda, 

 the. task of preserving the peace here -falls on the 

 English police. Perak is a weak state, and were 

 it not for the incidental protection which the British 

 sett ten u. ut on the north bank of the river gives to 

 its subjects on the south bank, this last would remain 

 muYnanted. The actual controul of the navigation 

 of the rivtr is gladly yielded therefore to the British 

 s j<] e — and thus a free communication is maintained 

 the interior of the Peninsula. 



Beyond the pillar, the north bnuk appertains to the 

 Siamese; the river, and the south bank, to the 

 Perak state. The influence of the Siamese at this 

 jlosI is so feeble that they dare not trust any of their 

 own officers to guard it. Malays, therelbre, are ap- 

 pointed to the ta>k. 



From Krean river, Penang is supplied with most 

 of the tighter materials, especially urtaps, tor house- 

 building and rooting — and also with large quantities 

 of ihewood, rattan*, dragon *s blood &c. A steamer 

 tom bing at Penang could always be supplied will* 

 solid firewood at reasonable rates.* 



As yet tin n are but few regularly constructed 

 roads leading from the beach to the eastern boun- 

 dary of the Province, when compared with the ex- 



• S^lit biiudta, 100, wgt. I picul, priced pice or cents per pf. 



Kayoo riboo logs, 100, „ 3 „ „ 7 tr or „ „ 



Kayoo lapoor, or long logs, 100, „ „ 5 \ „ or „ „ 



Kayoo besar, or large log*, 100, „ 32 „ » 7 i u w » » 

 Hound leg*, 100, „10 „ „ 6„ or „ ri 



