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district is at present only served by bridal paths. At Tail- 
ing Duablas there might be found between 20,000 and 
30,000 acres, with frontage on one or other of the proposed 
roads to Ayer Itain and Bangi. All the land mentioned m 
this district is low-lying and would require drainage, except 
possibly that towards Labu. 
NEGRI SEM BILAN. 
This, the most southerly of the west coast States, is a 
confederation of nine small States. Lt is bounded noi th 
and north-west by Selangor and Pahang; on the east by the 
independent State of Joliore; and on the south by the 
Settlement of Malacca; in the south-west the coast district 
from the Sepang to the Linggi has a frontage on the Straits 
of Malacca of some 30 miles. 
The capital of the State is Seremban, about 46 miles 
by rail from Kuala Lumpur, and a little more by road. 
The railway has road after leaving Kajang cross the State 
boundary, the former between Bangi and Batang Benar 
Rail wav' Stations, the latter more to be east at Beranang. 
The railway keeps west of Bukit (tali through Labu, while 
the road runs through Mantin and the Setul Pass, joining 
the rail wav at Seremban. A line owned by a private com- 
pany and shortly to be taken over by Government, 24 miles 
in length, joins Seremban with Port Dickson the chief 
port of the State. 
Seremban is the seat ot the Resident of the State, and 
most of the principal officers, including the State Superin- 
tendent of Revenue Surveys and the Collector of Land 
Revenue for the Seremban district. 
The area of the State °is 1,664,00 square acres; 
257,520 acres have been alienated on permanent title, 
of which 225,979 acres are for agriculture. From 
Seremban the main trunk road goes through Rembau 
and Tampin, 25 miles, to the Malacca boundary ; otliei 
roads connect Seremban with Jelebu, 25 miles; with Kuala 
Pilah, 25 miles; and with Port Dickson, via Linggi, 48 
miles’; a second road at Port Dickson, in course of construc- 
tion, goes by way of Membau and Lukut — the distance is 
25 miles. The State is divided into five administrative dis- 
tricts: (a) Seremban; (b) the Coast; (c) Jelebu; ( d ) Kuala 
Pilah; (c) Tampin. 
In each district, except Seremban, there is a District 
Officer in charge ; but for the present there are no District 
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