For administrative purposes Selangor is divided into six dis tricts: Kuala Lumpor, in which the capital is situated; Ulu Selan gor, which is a prosperous mining district ; Kuala Selangor, which is agricultural, and poorly populated by Malays; Ulu Langat, mining and agricultural; Kuala Langat, agricultural; and Klang, the only port of the state. Much money has been expended upon Kuala Lumpor, which possesses large public buildings, waterworks, etc., and where a house for the high commissioner and the resi dence of the chief Secretary is situated. In some sort Kuala Lumpor is the capital not only of Selangor, but also of the whole federation. Its scenery is attractive.
Negri Sembilan.—Negri Sembilan (the Nine States) is a federation of small native states which is now treated as a single entity, being under the control of a British resident, and is situated between parallels 2° 28' and 3° 18' N. and 101 ° 45' and 45' E., on the western side of the Malay peninsula. It is bounded on the north by Pahang, on the south by Malacca, on the east by Pahang and Johore, and on the west by the Straits of Malacca. The coast-line is about 28 m. in length, and the extreme distance from north to south is 55 m., and that from east to west about 65 m. The estimated area is about 3,00o sq.m. Port Dickson, or Arang-Arang, is the only port. It is connected with the capital, Seremban, by a railway 24 m. in length. Most of the state depends for its prosperity upon agriculture, but in some of the districts tin is being worked with good results.
In the 14th century A.D. Sungai Ujong is mentioned as tributary to the Javanese kingdom, Majapahit ; in the 15th it was ruled by the Bendaharas of Malacca ; in the 16th came Minangkabau im migrants with matriarchal notions that made their descendants claim aboriginal ancestresses. In the i8th century a raja from Min angkabau was brought from Sumatra to arbitrate between the small states, each of which continued to be governed in all local affairs by its own chief and by the village and tribal councils sanctioned by ancient custom. The Sumatran raja took the title of Yang-di-per-Tuan of Sri Menanti. Apparently the nine states were originally Klang, Jelebu, Sungai Ujong, Segamat and Pasir Besar (both now in Johore), Rembau, Naning (now in Malacca), Jelai (now Inas) and Ulu Pahang (the region between Ulu Serting and Temerlop). During the last years of the i8th century a Yang-di-per-Tuan Muda ruled Rembau, and the state of Tampin was created to provide for the family of the new chief. In 1887
the governor of the Straits Settlements sent Martin Lister to the Negri Sembilan, which had become disintegrated, and by his in fluence the ancient federal system was revived under the control of a resident appointed by the governor. Prior to this, in 1873, owing to civil war in Sungai Ujong, Sir Andrew Clarke sent a military force to that state, put an end to the disturbances, and placed the country under the control of a British resident. Jelebu was taken under British protection in 1886, and managed by a magistrate under the orders of the resident of Sungai Ujong. In 1896, when the federation of all the Malay states under British control was effected, Sungai Ujong and Jelebu were reunited to the confederation of small states from which they had so long been separated and the whole, under the old name of the Negri Sembilan, or Nine States, was placed under one resident. To day the federation consists of Sungai Ujong, Jelebu, Johol and Rembau and the smaller States of Ulu Nuar, Jempul, Terachi, Gunong Pasir and Inas.
The population of Negri Sembilan, which according to the census taken in 1891 was only 70,73o, had increased to 96,028 by 1901, and was estimated at 204,257 in 1926. Of these 78,000 were Chinese, 82,000 Malays, 42,00o Indians and under 2,000 Europeans and Eurasians. Pop. estimate (1932) was 221,838.
The revenue of Negri Sembilan amounted to only $223,435 in 1888. In 1898 it had increased to $701,334, in 190o to $1,251,366, and in 1926 to $11,864,324. The revenue for 1926 was derived mainly as follows:- federal receipts $9,516,954, land revenue $763,258, land sales $158,987, forests $222,876, licences and in ternal revenue $472,653. The expenditure in 1926 amounted to $10,904,118, of which $10,803,000 was expended upon public works. The trade returns for 1926 show an aggregate value of $89,408,821. Exports included 38,403 tons of para rubber, 3,417 tons of copra, 72 tons of damar, 1,860 tons of tapioca, 136 tons of gambier.
Seremban, the administrative capital of Negri Sembilan, is con nected with Port Dickson by a railway 241mi. in length. It is situated on the trunk line of the Federated Malay States, and is thus joined by rail to Selangor on the north and to Malacca and Singapore on the south. Frequent steam communication is main tained between Port Dickson and the ports on the Straits of Malacca and with Singapore.