The British Possessions. 15 



at Kuala Lumpor, the fc(leral capital, under 

 whom British residents livirig in thc capital 

 of each of the formcr Statcs admiuistcr 

 the provinces through a body oi officcrs, 

 sonic appointcd irom England and some sc- 

 lected from the natives thcniselves, 



It is a matter for grateful surprise and 

 admiration to all travclers to note the 

 splcndid developtnent ot these States under 

 the British administration. In 1002 thc 

 cxports reached $71,000,000, and thc in- 

 come of thc Federation approximatcd $25,- 

 000,000. The developmcnt of a railroad 

 system, the building of new harbors, the 

 opening up of the whole country to the 

 mining of tin and the growth of rice, sugar, 

 and more recently of Brazilian rubber, 

 tcnd to create a tldc of prospcrity uu- 

 cqualed in any similar area of all the East- 

 ern world; and $65,000,000 worth of tin 

 bullion are yearly shipped to Europc and 

 America, and it is safe to predict that 

 within ten years a considerable porportion 

 of the best rubber of the world will come 

 from this Pcninsula. And whiie it is some- 

 times said that all this dcveiopmcnt is not 

 being brought about by the native Malays, 



