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FOEESTRY IN THE CROWN COLONIES. 



(6) The High Hill Forests are at present of little importance. 

 They are of much smaller height; their object is to prevent 

 erosion and to regulate the flow of water. Dipterocarps do not 

 appear in them, but there are some conifers, Agathis alba and 

 flavescens, Dacrydium spp., and Podocarpus latifolia, neriifolia 

 and Wallichianus . 



3. Area of Forests. 

 A moderate time ago probably the whole of the peninsula was 

 covered with forest. The present disposition of the land is as 

 follows : — 



Owing to an extensive alienation of land for the cultivation of 

 rubber and for other purposes, the forests situated in the parts of 

 the country with the best means of communication are badly 

 distributed, and difficulties have already been experienced in 

 parts of Perak and Selangor in supplying the demand for fuel for 

 railways, mines and rubber factories. 



4. Ownership of the Forests. 

 The following data show the ownership :- 



