Abstract
The total area of Malaya is 50,880 square miles of which the Federated Malay States account for 27,540, the Unfederated Malay States for 22,080, and the Straits Settlements for 1,260. Trade with the Malay States was carried on almost exclusively by the Chinese domiciled in the Straits Settlements. The Straits Settlements Chinese frequently petitioned the British Government to intervene to restore order to the Peninsula, but this for over fifty years after the foundation of Singapore the British refused to do. In 1895 a treaty was signed by the Rulers of the four States of Perak, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, and Pahang whereby they agreed to constitute their States into a Confederation to be known as the Federated Malay States. The immigrants, at the same time, though appreciative of the opportunity to thrive, were not altogether satisfied with their indeterminate status and with their exclusion from the higher ranks of public employment.
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