Bukit Jalil

1867-1874: Mungkinkah ada Kaitan dengan Raja Jalil?

Sekitar 1867-1874, Raja Jalil adalah antara hulubalang yang terlibat bersama dengan Tengku Dhiauddin dalam Perang Selangor, menentang Raja Mahadi. Pusat kegiatan beliau ketika itu ialah di Kuala Garing, Rawang, iaitu di sebelah utara Kuala Lumpur. Bukit Jalil terletak di sebelah selatan Kuala Lumpur. Selain jaraknya yang jauh itu, setakat ini tidak terdapat sebarang tanda-tanda kaitan di antara keduanya: “The number of durian and other fruit trees shew that Batang Berjuntai was once a somewhat flourishing kampong; it was abandoned during the disturbances between Raja Mahdi and Tunku dia Udin's parties some fifty years ago. The village is on the Rawang-Kuala Selangor Road, 13 1/4 miles from Kuala Selangor and about 18 miles from Rawang; it was reopened about a year ago; possesses a Police Station, with a haltingroom for travellers, and Barracks. The newly appointed Penghulu, Raja Jalil, has, contrary to ancient Malay practice, selected a pretty site for his house on a hill over-hanging the river. … The Penghulu, Raja Jalil, is an old fighting man and formerly served on the side of Tunku dia Udin, holding a fort at Kuala Garing, where he was unfortunate enough to blow away most of his fingers of his right hand.” (Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 26 April 1894, Page 3: |"NOTES OF THE RESIDENT'S VISITS TO DISTRICTS IN SELANGOR, 1894").

1905: Mercu Tanda

Kiri: Peta persempadanan polis daerah Kuala Lumpur sekitar 1906-1908, ditandakan merah. Bukit Jalil adalah satu mercu tanda persempadanan polis di antara Kuala Lumpur dan Ulu Langat: “Police District. Kuala Lumpur. Description: Commencing at Gunong Seping and bounded thence on the southeast by a line bearing southwesterly to Bukit Chenuang, on the east by a line bearing southerly to Bukit Blachan, again on the southeast by a line bearing southwesterly to Bukit Sungei Puteh, again on the southeast by a line bearing southwesterly to Bukit Sungei Besi, on the east by a line bearing southerly to a point on the District boundary between Kuala Lumpur and Ulu Langat bearing due east from Bukit Jalil, thence on the south by a line bearing westerly to Bukit Jalil, again on the south by a line bearing westerly to Bukit Permatang Kumbang, on the west by a line bearing northerly to a point due east of the southeastern corner of Sungei Buloh Forest Reserve, again on the south by a line bearing westerly to the southwestern corner of the Sungei Buloh Forest Reserve aforesaid, on the southwest by a line bearing northwesterly to Bukit Puyuh, again on the west by a line bearing northerly to Bukit Mayang, on the north by the District boundary between the Districts of Kuala Lumpur and Ulu Selangor bearing easterly to the State boundary on main range and thence again on the east by the State boundary bearing southerly to the point of commencement. - S? H. ?” (Arkib Negara 1957/0140546W, 05/02/1908: |"EUROPEAN POLICE OFFICER TO BE STATIONED IN KAJANG").
Kanan: Paparan dekat di bahagian persempadanan selatan (petak jingga), menunjukkan Peta Bukit Jalil (bulatan merah) dan kawasan sekitarnya. Bukit Jalil adalah bucu sempadan sebelah timur laut Hutan Simpan Ayer Itam (diwartakan 1905). Di sebelah utaranya ialah Bukit Jalil Estate (dibuka 1910).

(Berdasarkan peta Edinburgh Geographical Institute, 1904 @ Yale University Library - Digital Collections: |"Selangor, Federated Malay States, 1904 / John Bartholomew & Co ; W.T. Wood, chief draftman").

1910-10: Pembukaan Bukit Jalil Estate

Dalam laporan tahunan ke-2 Cromlix Rubber Estate, syarikat yang memiliki Bukit Jalil Estate, terdapat beberapa catatan positif para penggiat perladangan ketika melawati ladang tersebut. Turut dinyatakan, ia mula diambil alih pada Oktober 1910: “The second ordinary general meeting of the Cromlix Rubber Estate and Produce Syndicate, Limited, was held April 18 at the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Moorgate Palace, Moorgate Street, E.C. Mr. Edmund Walker (chairman) presiding. … As you are aware, Bukit Jalil is the name of the estate which this syndicate owns, and your directors believe that we have got a very valuable property. This is confirmed by all the reports to hand from those who have visited the estate, and I will just quote for your information the following extracts from letters received. Opinions of the Property: Mr. A. J. Denison, partner in the firm of Messrs. Cumberbatch & Co., when applying for some of the new issue shares, wronte on July 8th as follows:- “Bukit Jalil will make a first-class property. I have every faith in the future of the property, whether it is to be cultivated as an investment or sold outright.” Mr John Gibson wrote on July 13th as follows:- “I was up the day before yesterday, and went over Bukit Jalil. Things are going strong and well. The new clearing was fired the day before I went, and is about the best burn I have yet seen. This is going to be a 'tip-top' place. Mr. L.E. Edwards, who knows the estate well, wrote on August 26 as follows:- “I am delighted to hear that you have such good accounts of Bukit Jalil estate. The land is second to none, and the company is also particularly fortunate in having a first-class superintendent to open it.” Mr. Templer, who recently visited the estate, wrote on November 6th as follows:- “I took the opportunity of paying a visit to Bukit Jalil a week ago. I had never seen the place before, and was very pleased to find we have secured such a fine block of land. The planting of 530 acres is nearly complete, and though there were rather a large number of failures in the part first planted (owing to dry weather), the vacancies have all been recently supplied, so that very little time has been lost. I have great hopes that the Robusta coffee interplanted in the rubber will give us some good catch-crops. Bukit Jalil will in a short time develop into a very valuable property. These opinions from gentlemen who are planters of long experience require no further comment from me, and must be very reassuring to all our shareholders. I cannot condlue without referring to the splendid work done by our manager, Mr. Macandrew, under the able guidnace of our co-director and visiting agent, Mr. John Gibson. As I mentioned at our annual meeting last year, Bukit Jalil estate was only taken over in October, 1910. It says not a little for the energy that has been put into the business that nearly 600 acres are to-day planted up with rubber and coffee. In addition to that the necessary roads, bridges, bungalow, coolie lines, etc., have been constructed, and we have it on the assurance of our visiting agent that the work has been well done. … Mr. D.K. Michie said: There is very little to be said beyond endorsing the opinions of the various gentlemen, as read by the chairman. I visited the place in January last in company with Mr. Gibson and Macandrew, the superintendent. I went through the whole of the clearings that were opened at that date - about 580 acres, I think - and I found the place in very good order and clean throughout for a new clearing, also giving every promise of good growth. The lay of the land is easy, with occasional steepish places, and the soil is good throughout. It is very suitable for the growth of the best rubber and Robusta coffee. Adjoining places have grown rubber to maturity as good as any in the State, and there can be no doubt that the estate will be equally successful.” (Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 14 May 1912, Page 6: |"CROMLIX RUBBER ESTATE AND PRODUCE"; The Straits Budget, 16 May 1912, Page 6: |"CROMLIX RUBBER. Satisfactory Progress on the Estate").

1911-05-11: Perkuburan di Bukit Jalil Estate

“11th May 1911. Subject: Burials Enactment Section 2 ( Enactment 4 of 1910 ). The Resident, Selangor, Kuala Lumpor. Sir, With reference to your letter dated the 7th instant No: 658/11, I have the honour to inform you that all coolies who die in this Estate will be buried on the northern boundary of this property in distance 50 chains from the boundary of Kinrara Estate and adjoining the M.L.782 No: 9. I further beg you to let me know whether you approve of this. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, ?; Manager.” (Arkib Negara 1957/0157666W, 11/05/1911: |"BURIAL GROUND ON BUKIT JALIL ESTATE").

1919-12-20: Pengarangan Risalah Malaria

Pegawai perubatan Bukit Jalil Estate telah mengarang sebuah risalah mengenai wabak Malaria, yang dianggap baik mutunya. Planters' Association of Malaya telah mencadangkan pihak kerajaan tempatan agar menerbitkannya kepada orang awam: “A few valuable hints about malaria have been embodied in a small pamphlet by Cromlix Rubber Estate for distribution among young planting assistants going to the East for the first time. The medical officer of the company's Bukit Jalil estate is the author of the pamphlet, and as the Planters' Association of Malaya have asked the local Government to publish it, the work is evidently thought highly of in the F.M.S. The pamphlet deserves wide publicity, says Mr. Killick in the “Financeer.”” (Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 20 December 1919, Page 11: |"HINTS ABOUT MALARIA").