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•of 1898. The mosques and kathis of Suaigai Ujong are not con- 
trolled by Sri Menanti. The Ivlana was, of course,^ head of the 
waris who drew so large a portion of the revenues of the country, 
but in addition to his share of this income he was entitled to the 
proceeds of all farms and monopolies, of all poll-taxes and of all 
fines under the religious law. 
Import and export duties were divided: those collected on the 
Linggi River were shared between the Ivlana, the Bandar and the 
To’ Muda Linggi ; those on other rivers between the Ivlana and the 
Bandar. 
An anomalous element has been introduced into Sungai Ujong 
government bv the rise of the Dato’ Bandar to a position of equality 
with the Ivlana. In the euphemistic language of Sungai Ujong 
jurists, the country is under the care of both rulers equally: 
Telor sa-biji sarna di-tatang ; 
Pesaka satu santa di-bela; 
Hilang di-darat, di-ayer menchari ; 
Hilang di-ayer , di-darat menchari ; 
Laksana mata hitam dengan maia puteh. 
But Malay common-sense, in proverbs as well as in law, de- 
claims against the folly of dividing sovereignty. Sometimes the 
dictum is a homely caution against putting two cocks into one 
yard ; sometimes it is a solemn legal maxim about the powers of 
life and death : — 
Pantang dalam ‘alum menduakan pedang pemanchong ; 
Pantang dalam luak menduakan keri? penyalang. 
British protection has put an end to this rivalry by giving the 
Ivlana and the Bandar allowances of exactly the same amount and 
by dividing equally among their waris their commuted share of the 
revenue. 
In the days of the Johor supremacy the Ruler or Penghulu 
Manteri is said to have sent biennially to the Sultan the famous 
bunga mas or golden tree of submission. Tradition points out the 
spot where the gold was obtained — the valley between the hill of 
Shaikh Abdu’r-Rahman and the Seremlmn Residency. During the 
Minangkabau period the Ivlana was expected to send the mas manah 
to the Yamtuan Besar as well as gifts of buffaloes on the occasion 
of the marriage or circumcision of a prince of the blood. 
All this came to an end when Sungai Ujong became inde- 
pendent of Sri Menanti at the accession of Tengku Antah. The 
treaty of A.D. 1898 (under which the present Yamtuan was in- 
stalled) did not alter the position materially. Mas manah is paid 
now out of the general revenues of the State and the lvlana’s gifts 
are formal and ceremonial. The great Chiefs pay no tribute to 
their titular overlord. 
R. A. Soc., No. 83, 1921. 
