THE MALAY PENINSULA. £9 



ProducU. — Sflingor produces tin of excellent quality, ami tho deposits 

 til riu Liu Kiit and Kuala Lumpor have proved extremely rich, the Initur 

 under the Dome of Klnng tin having nttmcted much attention for tho lo?it 

 twenty years. For some years |>ast, it has stood second only to that uf 

 Larut, Tlif tubing is carried on almost entirely by Chinese. The mines 

 otHMied hv European enterprise in have all been unsuccessful except 



thiii at fiuwangj in f lu Selungor. Besides tin, there is little else but 

 jungle product!, though important plantations of uullee, pepper,, sugar, &a+j 

 nave been commenced, 



i ;*,>•,' rntasnf. — An incessant quarrel, chiefly as to the rights over tho tin 

 duties levied in Knmg ami Suhingor, prevailed from ].->'7 ?n 1*78. Al 

 the lime when Governor Sir Andrew Clarice was Buttling the ulnars of 

 tho Native Status in 18"4 % lie undertook to assist thu Government of 

 Si-liin^ur, Tin- Government uf ibis State has since been carried on under 

 the same wyatem an IVrjik. 



M.-ncii.'n h:m Ikwi iiunbi ?>f il railway tu run from Kwula LumTwr lo 

 Elmgi ami muds will shortly connect Selangor with Perak, as it in already 

 noun > li >1 with Sungei lifting and Malacca. It uiny confidently be ex* 

 1 1 ■ L i bat a country with such mineral resource*, and such line hills and 

 ubuiiK, drained by abundant rivers like the Bcrnam, K laug, Sclungor, ami 

 Langs t, will, under u peaceful rule, beeomo populous and wealthy, 



Sumg-ei Ujong, the Hmnllesl of the three Protected States, lies to 

 the jicjuth of SClaug.-r, between that Stale, Jwh'hu ami Ki'inbmt, tu 

 the north-west of Malacca, It was uno of the four original States 

 out of which grew the, "Negri Sembilan. 1 ' Including the districts 

 of Luktit and Sungei Hay a, it lias an area of about 500 square mitef, 

 mainly on Ike north bank of the river Linggi. Bnagnl t)jong 

 Buffered for many years from the Sclungor disturbances, which 

 owed their origin tu the 8utnG cause — to quarrel* over tho tin-roynl- 

 ties. But Sungei Cjong has always been, especially since the 

 development of iUt mines, the leading Stale ttl the Negri Semb^au. 



The LingRi river, its one large stream (the highway to Sungei Cjong 

 and much of Keinhuii), had, in 11*79, been rendered impassable by constant 

 border lights between these two States. After repeated complaints on the 

 part of the British subjects in ltaluei-a of the vitik-uc-i' itml extortion that 

 put a stop to all trnllie ou thu river Linggi, Sir Andrew I'lmkc, 

 Governor in 1874, went personally to Sena pong uu the Liuggi river, and 

 re-opened t nidu and suppressed disturbance. A Itcsideiiey wits established 

 tu Sungei L'jong shortly after, lo prevent further disturbance, and tu 

 protect the large nmiil-er of Chilie*: ruim-rs Working there 



The moowwlw of Sungei L'jong approach the sea more nearly than 

 •li- til' >• >\\ tin inviv.il Uinn, bmu-ver, evi-n mute uiieVan-d and 

 swampy than in Lhe northern State, In former times, Sungei L'jong seems 

 to huve been a wholly inland State, but since hWdenla have been stationed 

 Hi SelAiigor arid Sungei L'jong, the frontier line between thum tins been 

 modified : and now the riwr l.ukn: uml district. I'm on i ly n .-in'U ivd !'..r ils 

 tiu, luit since J.srjtJ almost ileserted, are included in Sungei Ltjuug, tlms 

 giving it 20 EDil6f ofeOSlti lietWeen SungPi Nlj>ali and Kwula LiuggL 



The tin working, tun} the best inhabitc<l jnirtinii of this small State, 

 lie in a eortof wiuieircular volley, between tlie hills Bcrumbun Oou^ feel). 



