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(b) to preserve mangrove tracts for the sujiply of 



firewood ; 



(c) to preserve the gutta-percha producing areas ; 



(d) to preserve all areas producing valuable timber 



trees ; 

 (4.) that the shifting cultivation of the liill tribes be pro- 

 vided for ; 

 (5.) that the reserves be demarcated and surveyed ; 

 (6.) that rangers be trained for the work ; 

 (7.) that the gutta-percha forests be worked in regular 



rotation and improved by planting up blanks ; 

 (8.) that natural regeneration may be relied on provided 

 the better kinds of trees are favoured, there being no 

 need for starting plantations at present except of 

 gutta-percha ; 

 (9.) Para rubber [Ihrra hrazilicnsis) being largely planted 

 by private persons, there is no need for the State to 

 interfere with them ; 

 (10.) that the Conservator of Forests of the Straits Settle- 

 ments can supervise the work as part of his duties. 

 These proposals are now being acted upon. So far, two 

 reserves, containing 31,710 acres, have been established in 

 Perak, while eleven others are under consideration. In 

 Selangor 69,850 acres have been reserved, and other areas 

 are being selected. In Negri and Pahang no reserves have as 

 yet been established. 



The forest revenue of these four States in 1900 amounted 

 to 205,454 dollars, and the expenditure to 90,648 dollars. 



The Straits Settlements and the Federated States have set 

 an excellent example, by taking forest conservancy in hand 

 before difficulties had arisen, a wise procedure which has, 

 unfortunately, been neglected in many of the large Colonies. 



A few words about Cyprus may here be added. Area 

 = 3,584 square miles; population, 237,022. The island is, 



