32  7 
staff,  which  again  means  money  to  pay  it  with.  So  far  the  miner 
have  had  the  free  benefit  of  the  forests  and  the  Department  had  to 
control  the  cutting  and  collection  of  timber  and  firewood  at  great 
cost  out  of  a curtailed  revenue.  I he  above  privilege  has  been 
greatly  abused  by  the  miners. 
The  following  table  is  interesting  and  shows  that  Selangor  has 
had  a far  larger  number  of  free  passes  than  should  proportionately 
have  fallen  to  its  .share.  This  is  partly  accounted  for  by  the  fact 
that  much  of  the'firewood  used  in  mines  in  Perak  cannot  be  obtained 
near  the  mines  and  is  bought  in  the  open  market. 
No.  of  coolies. 
No.  of  engines. 
^ Horse  power. 
Perak 
90,000 
207 
10  and  under 
) 
66 
20  and  under 
( 
> 276 
3 
40  and  under 
i 
\ 
Selangor  ... 
69,000 
20 
4 
31 
6 
\ 
i 
40 
8 
1 
1 
1 
i 
1 
78 
10 
1 
1 
1 
i 
30 
1 2 
1 
|>2i6 
1 
5 
14 
2 
16 
4 
20 
6 
25 
J 
Negri  Sembilan 
19,300 
37 
8.5 
37 
In  Pahang  the  bulk  of  timber  was  extracted  by  pass  holders  on  a 
monthly  payment  of  §i  per  mark  The  export  of  timber  is  estimated 
at  6,500  tons,  from  Kuantan,  mostly  chengai  (Balanocarpus  maxi- 
mus),  balau  (Parinarium)  and  giam.  A considerable  amount  of  tim- 
ber and  firewood  is  worked  out  for  mining  purposes  free  of  royalty. 
The  Pahang  corporation,  although  owning  an  enormous  concession, 
obtain  their  supplies  free  from  State  land  also.  One  of  the  best 
timbers  in  Pahang  appears  to  be  “ Shorea  Ridleyi,”  known  to  the 
Malays  as  “selimbar”  but  wrongly  called  by  the  Chinese  ‘‘balau.” 
[b) — Minor  Forest  Produce, 
But  little  idea  can  be  given  as  to  quantity  extracted,  as  it  is  im- 
possible at  present  to  obtain  figures.  In  Perak  bamboos  and  canes 
realised  $7,986,  and  ataps  and  other  produce  $24,900,  including; 
$314  for  getah  (India  rubber)  and  export  duty,  an  increase  ol 
$2,266  on  1901. 
In  Selangor  $4,368  and  $3,545,  respectively,  including  export, 
a decrease  of  $1,478. 
In  Negri  Sembilan  $2,312  and  $16,869,  respectively,  an  increase 
of  $10,537,  kirgely  due  to  the  crediting  of  export  dul\'  on  jungle 
produce  to  the  department. 
