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The Malayan inhabitants of the southern section of the 
Peninsula ail helong to the first division (the Orang Maldyu 
proper) in the above classification, with the exception of a 
few Javanese and Bugis in the towns, and a small but in- 
creasing number of Sumatrans in the country districts. 
The 'whole number of the Malays in the Peninsula, though 
they certainly stand first among our numerous races, is pro- 
bably not much more than half of the entire population of this 
southern section with which we are now dealing, or nearly 
400,000 in all, the Chinese race coming second in number. 
Apart from the Colony, this section of the Peninsula itself 
is most thinly inhabited, having only about 300,000 souls, 
even more so than the northern section, which has been 
described in Chapter II as containing 400,000, and which 
there is now reason to think is much under-estimated, the 
number of inhabitants being, in fact, not less than 700,000. 
Politically, this Section is divided into : — 
i.— The Protected States of P^rak, Sel^ngor, and Sungei 
Ujong, occupying the West coast, from Kedah to 
Malacca, 
a. — The small inland States behind Malacca called the 
" Negri Sembilan." 
3. — Pahang, on the East coast. 
4. — Johor, comprising the whole southern extremity. 
5. — The Colony of the Straits Settlements. 
Each of these sub-divisions is treated of separately in 
the following descriptions. 
