CONTENTS. 
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Introduction ... ■ ... * ••• ... i 
General Remarks ... ■■ ... ib 
Past Historv of Forest Conservancy ... ... ... 2 
Present Policy ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 
Suggestions for future Management ... ... ... 4 
1. The unalienated Crown Lands of each District, inasmuch as they all 
yield timber and forest produce should, I submit, be considered 
and treated as forests, whether reserved or unreserved. ... ib 
2. A special Forest Law should, in my opinion, be enacted ... ... ib 
3. Phe reservation of certain additional areas is desirable ... ib 
4. The reserves should be sub-divided by cleared lines or inspection paths 
into blocks of a manageable size, say of 500 — 1,000 acres each 5 
5. The protection of certain reserves from fire should be undertaken ... 5 
6. Wh ere Gutta Percha (Palaquium sp.) are found in the reserves they 
should be weeded, i.e. cleared of the over head cover of weeds or 
other tree growth, which is interfering with their development ... 6 
7. Plantations of Gutta Percha (Palaquium sp.) should be made in one 
„ or two selected localities . .. ... ... ... ib 
S, Yield and working — -All mangrove tracts should be worked on a sys- 
tematic plan of annual fellings fixed by area. The other reserves 
may well remain closed to the cutting of timber; but, meanwhile 
the most should he made of the timber found on unreserved 
Crown Lands (chiefly in the Dindings) ... ... ... 7 & 8 
9. All minor forest produce should be utilized, as far as there is a demand 
for it, whether found in the reserves or on the unreserved Crown 
Lands ... ... ... ... ... 9 
10. A certain number ol Rangers trained in forest work should be em- 
ployed, and I further suggest the appointment of a trained Forest 
Officer with experience, to inspect and advise as to the carrying- 
out of any works, and on all matters connected with the adminis- 
tration of the forests ... ... ... ... ib 
Appendix A. 
Minute on the staff required to protect the forests, Penang and Province 
Wellesley ... ... ... it 
Appendix B, 
Minute on the staff required for the protection of the forests in the Dindings. 1 1 
MAPS. 
(Showing reserves.) 
Penang and Province Wellesley. 
1 he Bindings. 
Malacca. 
Singapore. 
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