Interchange of Plants and Seeds. 
38. Interchanges of plants and seeds of an economic nature are now made with 
every part of the world ; ornamental plants being in request for the Waterfall 
Garden in Penang only. • * 
Inspection and Valuation of Land . 
30. Forty requisitions for information as to the advisability of leasing forest lands 
have been received from Government, and dealt with during the year — a work which 
required much hard travelling and occupied much of my time. 
M eteorological Observations. 
40. An account of the rainfall has been carefully recorded during the year at 
Bukit Timah and at Tanglin, the results shew a greater distribution of showers in the 
vicinity of the hills and Forest Reserves. 
Supply of Forest Produce. 
41. The Municipal Department has been kept supplied with timber and small 
wood for the renewal and repair of culverts on country roads. About 500 trees have 
been supplied within the year. 
MALACCA. 
42. The work in the early part of the year in Malacca was carried on under the 
supervision of Mr. John Walker, Acting Overseer of Forests. On Mr. Derry’s 
arrival in September, Mr. Walker was transferred to Penang. 
Demarcation of Reserves. 
43. The following statement will show the extent to which demarcation has been 
pushed during the year 
Name of Reserve. 
• 
Area added 
or demarca- 
ted during 
the year. 
Length 
of 8-foot 
boundary 
path open- 
ed during 
the year. 
Total area. 
• 
Total 
length of 
boundaries 
now open- 
ed and 
maintained. 
. 
Acres. 
Miles. 
A eras. 
Miles. 
Sungei Udang, 
2,000 
8 
4,800 
15 
Ayer Panas, 
1,900 
4 i 
3 > 9 °° 
• 4 * 
Bukit Panchor, 
2,600 
7 
3*640 
io| 
Merlimau, 
2,000 
6J 
6,000 
12 
Brisu, 
,o.f 
2,247 
10.V 
Bukit Bruang, 
O 1 
1,000 
6 
L 734 
H 
Total,. . . 
9,500 
4 2 i 
22,321 
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The undemarcated area at Jus amounts to about 29,000 acres, which, when demar- 
cated, will bring up the total area to about one-tenth of the Settlement. 
Surveys. 
44. The Reserves surveyed during the year were Merlimau, part of Sungei 
Udang, and Brisu ; the latter by the Government Survey Department, the two former 
by a special survey under the h orest Department. 
Private Rights within Reserves. 
45. Several Malay families possessing rights over restricted areas for the re- 
moval of fuits and small timbers for domestic purposes reside within the reserved 
boundary at Ayer Panas, Brisu, and Panchor. 
