( 2 ) 
usual methods of dealing with a title to land are 
also registered by the Government and transactions 
are not effective until they have been registered. 
The four States of the Federated Malay States 
are divided into administrative districts, of which 
there are twenty-four. The administrative head of 
each district is the District Officer. In each district 
there is a Land Office under the control of the 
District Officer and some districts are divided into 
sub-districts each with a Land Office. There are 
thirty-two Land Offices. 
The only survey recognised by the Government 
is the survey made by the Survey Department. This 
department provides the survey for title, the topo- 
graphical survey, and the trigonometrical survey. 
The occupation, whether permanent or tempor- 
ary, of land, whether for mining, for building or for 
agriculture is regulated by the Land Enactment, the 
Mining Enactment and the Registration of Title 
Enactment. In addition, the Malay Reservations 
Enactment regulates certain lands which may be 
held by Malays only. 
Rent is payable annually to the State at the local 
land office on all land and there are, either set forth 
in the Enactments or in the documents of title, 
certain conditions upon which land is granted and 
certain restrictions and qualifications. Breach of 
these renders land liable to forfeiture. 
A short abstract of the land laws is as follows : — 
The Land Enactment 1911 was in force 
during 1923. It divides State land into town 
and village lands, country land of 100 acres in 
area and under, and country lands exceeding 
