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The only other means of communication are the rivers. 
V ery little is known of the country in this district, and the 
serious difficulties of access are likely for some time to deter 
investors so long as more accessible land near the lines of 
communication from Bentong and Raub is available. 
Temekloh. 
This district lies south of Kuala Lipis in the centre of 
the Sate, traversed by the Pahang, Triang and Semantan 
rivers, which form practically the only present means of 
communication with the outer world. The District Officer 
lives in solitary dignity at Temerloh — a small village at 
the junction of the Semantan river with the Pahang— and 
the present proposed site of the terminus of the railway 
from Kuala Gemas. 
The district is entirely roadless at present. The 
natives grow coconut and fruit trees with considerable suc- 
cess, and it is anticipated that the completion of the railwav 
will open up a considerable area of valuable land, which 
will be suitable for rubber or coconuts. 
Kuantan. 
This district, together with Pekan on the south, oc- 
cupies the whole coast line of the State. The only town is 
Kuantan at the mouth of the river of the same name, where 
the District Officer is stationed. The surveys are in the 
charge of a District Surveyor whose head-quarters are at 
Kuantan. There are very few roads in the district : one is 
in course of construction from Kuantan to Blat, and this 
will be extended to meet the road from Benta ; another cart- 
road partly metalled goes from Kuala Kuantan in the 
direction of Besserali. 
About 5 miles from Kuantan there is an area of some 
3,000 acres, undulating, above flood level, with an unmetall- 
ed cart-road within one mile: the soil is said to be suitable 
for any kind of planting. 
On the right bank of the Kuantan, above the Riau, 
there are at least 10,000 acres easily reached by river. 
This land is partly swampy with higher ground ' further 
from the river. Light draught steamers can get as far up 
as the inlet of the Riau. 
In the direction of Besserali, 7 miles from Kuantan 
and 3 miles from the sea, there are 5,000 or 6,000 acres to 
be obtained; a cart-road runs to within a mile, and a 
