Districts: 21. Lipis 22. Raub 23. Bentong 24. Temerloh 25. Kuantan 26. Pekan Notes: The capital of Pahang was Kuala Lipis until 1953 when it moved to Kuantan. The Federated Malay States as a forerunner to Malaysia Justice The first Supreme Court was established in 1906 and headed by the Judicial Commissioner, in whom supreme judicial authority was vested. The title of Judicial Commissioner was changed to Chief Judge in 1925. Judicial Commissioners Lawrence Colvile Jackson 1913–1917 Sir Thomas de Multon Lee Braddell 1919–1920 Sir G. Aubrey Goodman 1920 Sir John Robert Innes (acting) 1921–1925 Sir Lionel Mabbot Woodward Chief Judges 1925–1929 Sir Henry Hessey Johnston Gompertz 1929–1932 Sir Lancelot Henry Elphinstone 1933–1937 Sir Samuel Joyce Thomas 1937–? Sir Roger Evans Hall ?–1941 Kenneth Elliston Poyser 1941–c.1945 Sir Harry Herbert Trusted Economy From the earlier period of the federation the currency in used was the Straits dollar issued by the Board of Commissioners of Currency. As the currency depreciated over time, it was pegged at two shillings four sterling pence in 1906. In 1939, the British government introduced a new currency, Malayan dollar (ringgit in Malay) for used in Malaya and Brunei replacing the Straits dollar at par value. It had the smallest denominations of 1 cent to a highest of 1000 Malayan dollar and retained the exchange rate as was from the Straits dollar. The Federated Malay States main economic activity was mostly focused on agriculture and mining with emphasis on rubber and tin. FMS and Malaya as a whole was the main supplier of these two commodities for the British industrial need. Rubber estates or plantations were established in all four states and tin was mined primarily in the Klang valley in Selangor and the Kinta Valley in Perak. This labour-intensive economic activities prompted the British to bring in immigrant workers from southern India to work at the plantations and workers from southern China to mine the tin. The economic condition in the period can be viewed as self-sustainable, as the income of the federation was more than what was expended in terms of maintaining the administration and economic activities. In the later period, many resources were poured into the development of the city of Kuala Lumpur, as the capital of the federation. This period also saw rapid growth in terms of communications infrastructure such as interstate roads, the expansion of the Federated Malay States Railways' narrow gauge