392 GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND OF BANKA. 
dispersed through the district of Belinyu, Lumut, Sungie-liat and 
Marawang. Those of Layang have been relinquished, but the dis¬ 
trict of Mapur is expected to contain valuable mines: At the pre¬ 
sent period, those of Marawang and Sungie-liat are the most im¬ 
portant. 
In the district of Belinyu the principal mine is at Toivattam about 
4 miles from the stockade. The neighbourhood of Pandjie con¬ 
tained formerly considerable mines which arc exhausted ; but most 
of the miners have attached themselves to the spot and formed a 
village of the same name, on the river above mentioned, on a small 
branch of which the stockade of Belinyu is likewise built; both dis¬ 
tricts are united under one chief. 
The stockade of Belinyu is laid out sufficiently extensive to con¬ 
tain, besides the store houses and dwellings of the chief, those of the 
artificers and other persons connected with the mines, the furnaces, 
and a number of private families. The former attacks of the pirates 
have made a retreat necessary at all the principal establishments, in 
the eastern peninsula particularly. At Lumut, Layang, Sungie-liat, 
Marawang and Pangkal-piuang these stockades are constructed on a 
similar plan, and contain the store houses, furnaces and the dwell¬ 
ings of various persons employed in the preparation of the metal. 
Smaller stockades are built at various other places as at Djeniang, 
Bobo, Messu, Jirak &c. 
The mines of Lumut are situated nearly at the same distance from 
the bay, about 3 miles further south: three large mines are at pre¬ 
sent worked, those of Hapsnn, Lahunf.ouw and Keighwad. The 
attention of the miners has been strongly directed to Mapur about 
10 miles towards east north east; which is supposed to offer a fa¬ 
vourable opportunity of opening new and productive mines. 
At Layang a considerable village of Chinese has remained, al¬ 
though the mines of that neighbourhood have been exhausted. 
The mines of Sungie-liat are dispersed through the districts of 
Lumpur, Ayer-Durin, liobo, Roboklu, Djeniang and Ratta, for the 
relative situation of which I refer to the map, while the particulars 
which I noticed as to those I visited will be detailed in the Journal. 
