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Federated Malay States. 63
the plains. Upon the range of mountains which overlooks
Taiping there are situated two bungalows known as "Maxwell's
Hill " and " The Tea Grardens," at approximate elevations of
4,000 feet and 3,000 feet respectively. These buildings are
the property of the Grovernment and are maintained for the
accommodation of Europeans for prescribed periods at
reasonable charges. Accommodation of the same description
is provided for the community of the southern portion of the
State upon Grunong Kledang, one of the range of hills which
divides the valleys of the Perak and Kinta rivers. These
Sanitaria are all approached by good bridle paths, constructed
at convenient gradients and very efficiently upkept, which
permit of the use of riding horses, or of chairs carried
by coolies for the benefit of those for whom active exercise is
undesirable. In addition to the above-mentioned buildings,
the Resident-Greneral and the British Resident of Perak have
private bungalows provided for their use by Grovernment,
upon the Taiping Hills, but these are, of course, not available
for other persons.
The conservancy of the towns and villages in the State is Conservancy.
entrusted to Sanitary Boards, the members of which are
nominated by the Grovernment. A certain number are
Grovernment officers, and the remainder are selected from
among the principal members of the European and native
communities.
The prisons of the State are constructed upon the most Prisons.
modern lines, with separate cell accommodation for a large
number of convicts, and are administered in accordance with
the most efficient rules of prison discipline by an experienced
staff of European gaolers and warders, assisted by a body of
native assistant warders. Many useful forms of industrial
work are undertaken in the prisons. The articles manufactured
are of uniformly excellent quality, and command a
ready sale to the public at remunerative prices.
Escapes from the prisons of the State are of comparatively
rare occurrence.
All the principal industrial and social centres of the State Districts and
are now approachable by good roads, and in most instances also Towns.
by railway, and whether the traveller chooses to enter Perak
by way of Penang from the north, Teluk Anson from the
south, or Port Weld in the centre, he will find facilities for
passing rapidly and easily to almost any part of the State
which he may desire to visit. Communication between
Penang and the Perak ports is maintained by daily trips of
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