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PENANG. 
Demarcation of Reserves. 
5 2 * All the Forest Reserves in Penang may now be looked upon as demarcated. 
I ne following statement shows the work of the year and the approximate areas of 
the Reserves generally, viz. : — 
Name of Reserve. 
Area added 
or demarca- 
ted during 
the year. 
Length of 
boundary 
line opened 
during the 
| year. 
Total 
areas. 
Length of 
boundary 
now opened 
and main- 
tained. 
Length of 
water front- 
age protect- 
ed. 
• 
Acres. 
Miles .< 
Acres. 
M lies. 
Miles. 
Boetong, 
475 
6 
475 
6 
• 
Ghinting, ... 
40 
1 
40 
1 
Penara, 
2 34 
4 
2 34 
4 
The Highlands, 
227 
4 
Main Range, 
3A64 
3 ° 
Laksamana, 
1,160 
8 
Feringgy, ... 
225 
3 
r . 
North West Reserve, ... 
1 
2,808 
3 
8 
Total, . . . 
749 
1 1 
8,833 
59 
8 
Surveys. 
53. No systematic survey of the Reserves has so far been completed, but is being 
proceeded with under the general survey of the Island now in progress. The bounda- 
ries have been opened by a rough survey conducted by the Assistant Superintendent 
of Forests ( Mr. Curtis), to whom much credit is due for the way in which he has 
carried the boundaries through exceptionally difficult country.. 
Private Rights within Reserves. 
54- The number of small lots of alienated land lying within the boundaries of 
the Reserves are wonderfully few, considering the late date at which conservancy 
measures have been adopted. The paucity of such holdings appears’ to have arisen from 
the disinclination of land-purchasers to ascend the mountains ; the cultivation at high 
elevations was consequently found to be chiefly that of squatters without permit or claim. 
Classification of Reserves. 
55. The Reserves in Penang maybe classified thus: — as town Reserves, Boetong, 
Pulau Jerejak, and in some measure ‘‘ The Highlands” ; fuel -Reserves — N. W. Reserve 
and Pulau Jerejak ; as protection Reserves, the Hill Reserves generally. These dis- 
tinctions are not, however, arbitrary in any Settlement. In a working plan all available 
produce of whatever nature and from whatever locality, would be utilised for the 
public good. 
Description of Reserves. 
56. The internal condition of the Reserves with reference to growing stock 
may, in the absence of a forest survey, be roughly classified according to the follow- 
ing table : — 
49 - 
Name of Reserve. 
Area under 
timber. 
Area under 
brush- 
wood. 
Area under 
grass 
and fern. 
Area artifi- 
cially 
re-stocked. 
Boetong, 
A cres. 
400 
A cres. 
55 
Acres. 
20 
Acres. 
Ghinting, ... . ... — 
40 
Penara, ... 
1 of) 
100 
34 
The Highlands, 
150. 
77 
62 
Main Range, 
2,000 
1,600 
560 
2 
Laksamana, 
600 
Feringgy, .... 
I2 5 ■ 
too 
■ • • 
N. W. Reserve, 
2,000 
808 
. j * 
' Total,... 
5 - 4 1 5 
3 - 3 °° 
1 16 
2 
