THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
[October i, if 91. 
248 
TUK ANNUAL REPORT OF THE KINTA 
DISTRICT, PERAK, 
itates ; — 
hand and Agriculture . — Duriug tlio year 1,649 acres 
of land wore alieualed— miuine 1,550, aiiricullural 99. 
Agricultnro in the dislricl, it will be seen Irom this, 
makes little itrOKiess except in the bhapo ot small 
Bardens. It is true there are constant applications 
from Malays for forest land, for the purpose, they 
say, of planting collVe, pepper, and nutinogs, hut on 
enquiry these applications turn out, alniobt without 
exception, to I o put in for ttio purpose of evading 
the Government order prohibiting the felling of 
“ riinba *' for ladungs, and wh.re the land has been 
given, and the heavy forest fcdled and destroyed, the 
land is always abuudoued after oi e crop of dry padi 
has been taken iff it, and the applicant siitrendors 
the title, saying the cotfoo which ho mvec planted 
would not grow. , ■ ,i , 
To prevent this 1 have during the year always in- 
sisted on natives who apply for • limba land finding 
bocurity that they h ive saffioieut oaptal and buna fide 
moan to plant the land befjte I grai t d it. The 
acreage above-mentioned is small, but it has been 
issued to men who will really work it, and, con- 
sidering tho greater attractions held ont by tho 
mints to invito investors, it cannot be considoted 
unsatisfactory. A groat portion of it is being planted 
with Ltbeiiau coffto and poppir, but it is loo soon 
et to express any opinion ns to whother those small 
plantations will bo a buccess tr i ot. 
Jlinea . — The number ot mines now registered in tho 
Kinia Lmd Ofllco as laid under Leases and Agree- 
menls for L'ase.s is 850, and comprises an area 
of 10,948 acres During tho year 1,550 acres of i.ew 
miniiig land wore granted to (id applicants, and that 
uumbor of titl.is is-ued, and at tho end of tho yoir 
47 turthor apphciti ns wore registered in the District 
Laud Office, and tho laud applied for is being douiar- 
cated and surveyed. , , , . 
The alluvial miius arc as a rue, wcdl workod, but 
there are foveral mine-, uotahly ti.ose of Ilia Jliglinesa 
the Bultan in ICainp.r, of Job Uombs, in Sungei 
liaya, and ot l''u Olmn at Lihat, which have been 
worked In the most wasteful way, small pits being 
sunk io their laud by men who have iij capital to g > 
deep enough, and arc only able to lift a small purtiuu 
of tho tin-btariug strain, the balance being afterwards 
loft and c(.vorcd up w i h over-burJen from the ailiuiu- 
ii'g ground. Tho well known Surskai mine, worked l.y 
Fu Chilli for Captain Ah Kwi, bat heou spoilt in this 
way, as after getting down over 100 lost through tho 
wash without reaching the bottom, the eugiius wore 
not suffioiontly powerlul to pump any deeper, and some 
sort ol winding gear having become necessary _tj lift the 
wash. dirt at a profit the Chinese, scoiier than spoud tho 
necessary capital on n.aohinury, abandened the mine, 
and have since filled it up by sluicing sand from tho 
adjoining hill into it. L-gielation cf some sort 1ms 
become neco.-sary to prevent another case of tho fort 
occuring. The land ot HL Highness tho Sultan in 
Kampar, I am glad to say, is now being hotter worked, 
owing to a change in tho agent in charge of his 
mine. There is little more to bo tiiid as regards tho 
alluvisl mine', but a remarkable find of tin ore at 
Sayak is worthy of menlion. The mine belongs to 
the Datch I’angliua Kiula, and is let tea Ohiueso 
towkay who works it on tho ooopirative system. 
Late in the year his coolies sunk two holes, one thirty 
feet square aud the other twenty-four feet square. lu 
the first hole in 19 days 11 mm lifted 450 pikuls of 
(In tand worth S8,100, aud in the sec nd 28 men 
lifted in 6 days 200 piku's of tin band, worth 555,000. 
Nine-tenths of this goes lo the coolies, who have in a 
few days become comparatively rich men. ^ 
There are 56 steam pumping eugiiics now in the 
dlstriot.cf which 4*2 wore at work at the end of ttic year. 
The year has been remarkable^ for the numerous 
disc veties ot lode uut-orops made in the district, aud 
the atieiilion given to that braucli of mining. 
A remurkaulo obaugo has come over the transport 
of thi district duriug the year owing to (he Chiue-o 
having almost entirely abandoned elephant transport 
and Bubbtitulod wheel-harrows for them. Tho chang 
Was brought about by the elophaiit owners dernand- 
iug such (xorbilaut prioes for the use of Ihciv 
animals that tho Chinese rofu.-cd to submit to such 
ostorticn any longer, and introduced wheel-bai rows, 
which arc cheap ami work very well on tho jungle 
path. 
New Minerals Discovered in Kinta DisTiitcT 
Duiii.va 1869-1890, and Localities. 
1. Asbeatoa (K. O. S. Q.) — This mineral was fonud 
asiociatsd with ferruginous qinr z iu lode-stuff at 
Usji Laiif's mine, Klcdong. It is in very small 
quaiiUti' e 
‘2. C'rrtunts (oarbouato of lead). — lids mineral was 
also tuuml m llaji Latil’s mine at Klodong, asso. 
elated with lodc-atutf. It is not in snflicieut qumtitlea 
to be of any cnmmorcial value. 
3. Pgromoiyhite (phn. phate of lead).— This mineral 
was also li uud iu H»ji Latil’s mine at ICloJong, also 
iu several of the different lodes iu Kinta. 
4. Ajmtite (phosphate of lime). — This ininoral was 
firet found at Tompnrmig, near Gopong ; after this a 
big dyke of it was found ruuniug Ibr.msh the limestone 
hills at Si Luuah, Tambuii. Tuis pho-phato, treated 
with Eulpburic acid, which could be obtained Irom the 
ore smelted by the lode-miuiug companies, forms a very 
valuable manure. The apatite at Tcmpiirong occurs as 
small veins and loaders runuiug through the country 
limestone, and is very rich in tin. 
6. Wolfram (tungs ate of irt-n and manganese).— 
This mineral was first found iu tho Kilian Repoh ludo 
atTambnu;lt occurs there in large qurutities; since 
then it has been fouad tu be a'scciuted to a large ex- 
tent with tho tin ore in Kinta. The preset t low pries 
of this minerai would nut admit of its being exported 
at a profit. 
0. (nativo).—A small pkoo of this valuable 
metal was loimd in the limestone hills at Tumbuii ; no 
trace ofithasb cn found since. 
7. b'luorupar (ilu:<ride of calcium). — This iniucral 
was first f -und at Lahut ; since it bas boon found 
associated wit i the lode taken np by Mr. Tiylur at 
Kedong. 
8 . SappUre (pure alumina). -Sapphires have been 
found at buugbi Raya, but they have no commer— 
oial value, although of good coli ur. They are very 
opaque, which renders them useless as g- ms. 
9. Chaleedony (-i ioa oxygen).— This mineral has 
also been found i i Sungei Days, and (ome of tho 
varieties ot chalecdouy are prre ous stories of value, 
BU'*h as agate, onyx, and ooruolian. 
to. itold , — This has boon touud in small rpianlt- 
tics at Ulu Tckah ; it has not been worked. 
In the Kinta Monthly lieporl lot July, it ia 
stated : — 
On tho 3rd Mr, Marks, Superintendent of Govern- 
ment riantatii.ns, arrived and insiieoifd the lands 
at l*u.aitig plantel by Uaja Mahomed aud his 
followers. 
As Mr. M.irka telU mo ho has nr.r-eriia of coffeo, 
pepper, coomut, aud other : lants at Kusla Kangcar, 
from which lie can supply youug plants at low 
prioes. I h»v*o sent noticoi to Ih t < Hsct to tho Peu- 
ghtilus, and have already had several applioatiois 
fi.r plsnt8._ 
An Italian marble cutter named Banardo app’ied 
fur permission to work marble at the Ipoh quar- 
ries I gavo him the permittioii. lie slates that 
the niftrblo is of the boat tjutility, and easily workod. 
'i hero are three sorts in Ibe quarry— pink, white and 
blue vemed. ^ i » 
PnoroBED QoiNiNE-FiCTORY IN J u*A, — Mr. P van 
LeerBum, aaiiatant director of the Government 
cinchon i plautations in Java, has received per- 
miBSiuii from the Dutch ludian Government to 
proceed to Briiisli India on behalf of the Bandoeng 
and Suekboemi Agricultural Assoc ation for the 
purpose of investigating the manuftio ,uro of quinine 
in the Indian Government faotoriep, and with the 
uUerior object of oatabliBbing a quinine-factory in 
java.— CAmuf and JJru(j<jUt> 
