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The wharves admit of ocean going boats coming 
alongside, while there is ample accommodation in 
the roads for boats discharging into tongkangs or 
. lighters. 
Large warehouses have been constructed close 
to the wharves for the storage of rubber, rice, and 
■ there is a regular service of freight trains to all 
parts of the Peninsula and Siam. 
Passenger boats, both local and those trading 
to Europe, also call at the port, meeting the need 
of the thickly populated central portion of the 
Peninsula which forms the hinterland. 
From Klang, a line has also been constructed 
to serve an important agricultural district along the 
Selangor coast. This line extends for 30 miles and 
was completed in 1914. 
In Negri Sembilan and Malacca, branch lines 
Tun from Seremban to Port Dickson and from 
Tampin to the old and historical port of Malacca. 
The Seremban to Port Dickson line (2414 miles) 
originally belonged to a private Company and was 
purchased by the Federated Malay States Railway 
Department and worked by the Department from 
28th July, 1908. The extension from the main line 
to Malacca Town was opened for traffic in December, 
1905. 
A glance at the map of the Malay Peninsula 
will show that the West coast is much more deve- 
loped than the East and naturally the first lines 
were built where most required. The East coast 
is not at present served by railway except in the 
Northern portion of the State of Kelantan, where 
the Federated Malay States system joins the Siamese 
State Railways again at Sungei Golok. Southwards 
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