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main line continuing through Ayer Kunmg and Gemasmto 
the territory of Johore. From Gemas Station a line has 
been surveyed and is under construction, which will pass 
some miles east of Kuala Pilah, with a terminus as at 
present projected at Kuala Semantan on the Pahang river. 
The main trunk road from Seremban to Tampin passes 
through Kampong Batu at the 20th mile-the centre of the 
Bembau division- — while another road o •'r Jhe Senahng 
Pass connects Tampin with Kuala Pilah, -0 miles; t 
Colony’s road from Tampin Station joins that town with 
Malacca. 
Practical lv the only jungle land now available for 
planting on a large scale lies in the Ayer K lining and 
Gemencheh mukims towards the Johore boundaiy ; loughh 
speaking, there would be about 60,000 acres to select from. 
A road from Batang Malaka Station goes (.miles into 
Gemencheh, mostly through lalang land, almost as far the 
forest; in Aver Riming there are the Ayer Kunmg and 
Gemas Railway Stations, but there are no roads at present 
on this side of the district; the land is mostly undulating 
and little drainage would be required. A very considerable 
portion of the district is taken up with large areas ot lalang 
waste land, the scene of abandoned tapioca cultivation. 
Kuala Pilah. 
This is by far the largest district in the State, occupy- 
ing approximately one half of the area. 
The principal town and head-quarters of the district 
is Kuala Pilah, 25 miles by road, east of Seremban. Other 
villages include the mining village of Pant Tinggi, o miles 
from Pilah; and the agricultural settlement of Johol, about 
-<0 miles from Kuala Piiali, on the Tampin road A new 
road has just been completed, running northward to meet 
the road from Bentong at the boundary between Pahang 
and Jelebu. This road, together with the railway which 
will follow a line through the district a little to the east ot 
the Pahang road, should open up the very promising land 
which lies on the east side of the district towards the Johore 
and Pahang boundaries. There are about 100 miles ol 
road, and the same mileage of good bridle-paths m the dis- 
trict. 
Uon°’ all the main roads are large areas with frontage 
suitable for any kind of cultivation, the land being bluker 
(secondary jungle), lalang and jungle. 
