Land sld ministration 
1. LAND LAWS AND LAND ADMINISTRATION 
IN THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
By C. W. Harrison. 
Commissioner of Lands , F.M.S. 
T HE land administration of the Federated 
Malay States follows the political divisions, 
so that the Resident of each State ad- 
ministers the disposal of land belonging to the State 
and the collection of revenue derivable from land. 
In some respects the Resident refers, before deci- 
sion, to the Chief Secretary. 
All land in the Federated Malay States not held 
under title is called State land and vests in the Ruler 
of the State. State land may be converted into 
land in private ownership, called aliena’ted land, by 
the Resident approving, on behalf of the Ruler, an 
application. Title is thereupon registered by the 
Government under the system known in Australia 
as the Torrens system; that is to say, the land is 
surveyed and, when the survey has ascertained its 
position and area, a plan is drawn and a document 
■of title is" prepared by the Government. This docu- 
ment is then filed and registered in the Land Office 
and a duplicate of it is issued to the approved 
applicant, who then becomes a proprietor. Transfer 
of ownership, raising money on land and all other 
