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blocks by means of lines or roads or paths, that will serve to facilitate inspection, pro- 
tection, and the export of produce. 
The utilisation of timber and forest produce from the reserves is at present in 
abeyance, but whenever demands have been met from the reserves the timber and 
produce have been disposed of as from the unreserved Crown Lands. Under the 
Crown Lands Ordinance No. II 1886 and Rules 5* finder that Ordinance, 
licences to cut and remove timber 1 Crown Lands are nted on payment of rates 
laid down in a Timber Roll. Th me usually 2 5 % a orem. 
Hitherto the reserves have ' .1 dealt with and reported on separately from un- 
reserved Crown Lands. This enture to suggest is a mistake. All Crown Lands 
whether reserved or unreserved should in my opinion be treated as one and the same 
estate and be reported upon as such, different rules, rates, etc., being applied to the 
reserves. 
1 propose now to deal with the suggestions which 1 have to make for the further 
development of the system of forest conservancy in force, giving in each instance the 
reasons I have for the suggested action or change. 
SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE MANAGEMENT. 
1. The unalienated Crown Lands o f each District , inasmuch as they all yield 
timber and forest produce should , I submit , be considered , and treated as 
forests , whether reserved or unreserved. 
1 his is the arrangement in Burma and 1 think it would tend to make reserva- 
tion more appreciated, if each District Officer understood that the Reserves are only a 
part of his forests set aside to grow up until such time as the demand on them and 
the value ol their production shall allow' of their being worked, and also that the 
remainder of the Crown Lands represent an estate, the produce of which in timber 
and minor products should be utilized to the utmost and made to yield revenue pend- 
ing their alienation for cultivation. This revenue would go far to cover the cost of 
protection of the reserves and it seems to be right for one account to contain both 
the revenue from one part of Crown Lands and the expenditure on the other part. 
1 here w'ould then be less desire to force sales and make 'revenue from the reserves. 
It is the Crown Lands as a whole that should be considered in balancing the account. 
In the event of a forest law being enacted all Crown Lands, and not reserves only, 
should come under it. 
2. A special Forest L aw should in my opinion be enacted. 
The reasons which have induced all countries with large forest estates to 
adopt a special law for their forests need not be enumerated here. I may merely 
state that although the legal title of the Crown Lands which are taken up as reserves 
may be perfectly clear, and no rights of user may exist over them, still it would be 
an advantage if a definite procedure were laid down and if power were given to a 
Settlement Officer to deal with alienated lands enclosed in the proposed reserves and 
to record rights of way and to watercourses. In some cases it may be equitable to 
create a right to the fruit of certain trees to which persons may lav claim. 
Then the acts prohibited within a reserved forest and the penalties for offences 
should be clearly laid down. Power should also be taken to regulate and control 
fires both inside a reserve and in its vicinity. In unreserved Crown Lands the power 
to make certain species of trees reserved and to take more special measures lor their 
protection would be useful in the Findings and possibly the reservation of certain 
trees would be a good measure in Malacca, with a view to their being spared in the 
clearings for tapioca. The general power held under Ordinance No. 11 of 1886 to 
deal with timber and produce is sufficient of course as far as it goes, but it is too 
restricted. Even now I venture to think that it is open to doubt whether under 
Rules 59-61 made under that Ordinance the double charges made in the Dindings, the 
one for licences to cut timber and the other as royalty on timber extracted are strictly 
legal. 
It is desirable also to have power to establish revenue stations, to which timber 
and produce shall be brought for the realization of Government dues, and to control 
timber and produce in transit until such time as the Government dues shall have been 
collected, and to provide for its release from control by marks or passes to show that 
its removal is authorised. This would simplify the collection of Government dues in 
the Dindings. 
3. The‘'reservation of certain additional areas is desirable. 
With a view to securing a permanent supply of Gutta Percha I strongly re- 
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