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is often impossible to land at Kuala Pahang on account of 
the heavy seas. 
From Raub the main road continues on to Kuala Li pis 
—the capital of the State— at the junction of the Lipis and 
Jelei rivers : here are stationed the British Resident, the 
District Officer of the Kuala Lipis district, and the State 
Superintendent of Revenue Surveys. At Benta, 19 mi es 
on the main road from Kuala Lipis, a new road is m course 
of construction across the State to Kuantan. 
For administrative purposes the State is divided into 
districts : Raub, Kuala Lipis and Temerloh on the west- 
five districts: Raub, Kuala Lipis — 
ern side, with Pekan and Kuantan on the east coast. 
Raub. 
Though not the largest, this is the most important of 
the five districts, and ip the centre of the gold and tin min- 
ing industries. It is administered by a District Otficei 
stationed at Raub, on the main road, where also is the 
principal Land Office, and an Assistant District Officer at 
Bentong: the latter is a mining town of some importance, 
some 30 miles from Raub, with which it is connected by a 
good metalled road ; a daily motor service is maintained by 
the railwav administration between these places, south oi 
Bentong the road turns westwards to Kuala Lumpur over 
the Ginting Bidai pass; this road is nearing completion and 
will bring Bentong 40 miles nearer to Kuala Lumpur than 
at present. South from Bentong the road is being ex- 
tended to meet the road from Kuala Pdali at the Jelebu- 
Pahang boundarv. Both these roads open up almost un- 
limited tracts of virgin jungle, containing every variety ot 
land. In the valley of the river Klau, 8 miles from Bentong, 
50 000 acres could be easily obtained. Communication with 
Bentong would be by river, and the land is somewhat low- 
1>mg 6n the road from Raub to Batu Talam (6 miles metall- 
ed, 10 miles unmetalled) a further area of oO, 000 acres 
could he obtained; and in the Gali division, near the Raub- 
K u ala Lipis road, at least 30,000 acres are available. 
Kuala Lipis. 
This is the largest of the districts, covering nearly the 
whole of the northern boundary, with an area not much less 
than that of the State of Selangor. The only roads in the 
district are the main road from Raub and that from Benta 
to Kuantan, 
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