Handbook of the federated Malay states - Sabrizain.org

Geographical
description.
Fhysical
Geography.
96 Handbook of the
John Pickersgill Rodger
Hugh Clifford (acting)
Walter Egerton (acting)
Hugh Clifford (acting)
D. H. Wise (acting) ...
2. Hugh Clifford
Arthur Butler (acting)
3. Arthur Butler
D. H. Wise (acting) ...
4. Hugh Clifford, C.M.G.
F. Duberley (acting) ...
January, 1892, to February,
1893.
March, 1893, to May,
1894.
June, 1894.
July, 1894, to September,
1895.
October, 1895, to June,
1896.
July, 1896, to March,
1899.
April, 1899, to December,
1899.
January, 1900, to January,
1901.
February and March,
1901.
April, 1901, to September,
1901.
October, 1901.
Pahang occupies a large portion of that part of the Malay
Peninsula which lies on the eastern side of the central
mountain range. It is bounded on the north by the States
of Kelantan and Trengganu, on the south by the territory of
Johore, on the west and south-west b}^ Perak, Selangor and the
Negri Sembilan, and on the east by the China Sea. It is the
largest of the States of the Federation, having an estimated
area of some 14,000 square miles, and a line of greater
length approaching 200 miles. Besides the territory on the
mainland, Pahang includes two chains of islets running
parallel to its coast, generally at a distance of about 25 miles.
The chief of them is Pulau Tioman, ten miles by five, and
attaining a height of about 3,500 feet. The State lies
between latitudes 2° 30'' and 4° 50'^ and longitudes 101° 30''
and 103° 40'', and has a coast line of about 130 miles in
length.
Pahang contains several high mountains and fine waterways.
Almost all the places in the State inhabited by Malays,
and many of the more easily accessible Sakai districts, have,
since the introduction of the Eesidential System, been visited
by Europeans, and though there yet remain large tracts of
uninhabited jungle which have not been penetrated, still the
geography of Pahang may now be said to be comparatively
well known.