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vi. That all who are able, work for 7 or 14 days in the month on Gov- 
ernment road at 25 cents' per day, and that the rest of the month 
be spent in clearing and opening up their land. 
vii. That as soon as the land is ready for planting the Government be 
prepared to assist them further with buflaloes, bullocks, ploughs, 
&c., as a loan, to be repaid in three equal instalments, the 
first instalment falling due the third year after the loan. 
viii. That in no case shall one family receive more than $50 altogether 
in this way ; and that any three single men in partnership shall 
be considered as one family. 
18. I do not recommend that land rents be remitted for three years as was 
formerly done, but at the same time I do not think any money whatever should be 
collected for rent or titles from settlers for the first year. 
19. In favour of the scheme I have here sketched out I would put : — 
i. The increase in the padi cultivation of the District. 
ii. The construction of a very necessary road between Jugra and 
Sepang, distant about 25 miles from each other; and 
iii. The opening of the country generally. 
Against it are : — 
i. The large cost to Government of the undertaking ; and 
ii. The risk incurred; for I take it, to be of any practical use, this 
must be done on a very large scale, and a certain number of the 
settlers are sure to die, abscond or be unable to repay their loans. 
20. It will be seen that this sketch of a scheme only covers the land available 
between Jugra and Sepang, but it must not be forgotten that all the land between Ju- 
gra and Klang, on the one side, and Jugra and Reko on the other, is also available 
for padi cultivation. 
I have, &c., 
D. G. CAMPBELL, 
District Officer , 
Kuala Langat- 
REPORT BY THE ACTING DISTRICT OFFICER, ULU LANGAT, ON 
PADI CULTIVATION. 
o — —— 
Kajang, 
[ No. |A. ] 12th January , i8p2. 
Sir, — In accordance w T ith instructions contained in your letter No. 772 of 2 2nd 
December, 1891, I have the honour to forward the following report with regard to 
(and available for padi cultivation in the UIu Langat District. 
2. The following is an estimate of the quantity readily available for cultivation 
and not yet planted. 
On the West of the District along the right bank 
of the Langat River from Kuala Semenyih to 
Kajang, ... 
On the North at Kuala Lui, 
On the North-East at Ulu Langat, ... 
On the East from Kuala Semenyih, 
Along Semenyih River to Kuala Batangsi and 
from Kuala Beranang along the Beranang Ri- 
ver to the Sungei Ujong Boundary, 
2.000 acres. 
200 ,, 
300 „ 
3. 000 „ 
L5°o 
Total,... 7, 000 acres. 
3. In addition to this there is much land which, in course of time, with some labour 
expended on water-courses, could be brought under cultivation. 
4. As the system of customary tenure under the Land Code comes to be better 
understood, I think the efforts of the District Officer may induce cultivators now in 
the District, chiefly Menangkabau men, to take up a somewhat increased area and 
bring over friends from Sumatra to take up land to a limited extent. 
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