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of Siamese influence was found in Trengganu. The 
British Agent took no part in administration, and 
a purely native Malay regime continued until the 
year 1919, when, on amendment of Treaty, a British 
Adviser was appointed and the work of reform, 
under British advice, began. 
Up to that date the visits of foreigners were 
viewed with disfavour and suspicion; enormous and 
valuable areas of the State were given out by the 
Sultan in Concessions to members of the Ruling 
House ; and all foreign enterprise was hampered and 
hindered by the many difficulties and exactions in- 
cidental to Native Road. 
Geography. 2. The area of the State is approxi- 
mately 5,000 square miles. The coast 
line is about 140 miles in length; the greatest 
breadth of the country, from the China Sea to the 
Western boundary (on mountain ranges that 
separate Trengganu from Pahang and Kelantan), 
is about 50 miles. No less than fifteen rivers, with 
separate river basins, flow direct into the China 
Sea; and of these at least seven (the Besut, Setiu, 
Trengganu, Marang, Dungun, Paka, and Kemaman) 
give very fair access to large areas of virgin 
hinterland. 
The coast is lighted by two first-class Port lights 
at the mouths of the Trengganu and Kemaman 
rivers, both of which are entered by steamers of 
200 tons burden. 
Population. 3. The population, according to the 
Census of 1921, was 153,765, of whom 
no less than 145,523 were Malays — a proportion that 
provides a striking contrast to every other State 
except Kelantan. The total European population 
was only 34. 
