Appendix A, f A 
Minute on the Staff required to protect the Forests, Penang and Province 
Wellesley . 
It must be admitted that a Frrest Guard .will not mov'' about alone, and Guards 
must either be employed in coupP as in Singapore, or e" -uard must have a coolie to 
go with him. The latter is pr ’y the better anr iper arrangement, and the 
proposals for Penang appear 3 to be quite suita 
In the South West Distrii .e Forest Guards ha to do all the work of looking 
after timber and produce rem .c-d from Crown Lands under licences. Penghulus do 
this in Malacca. The new Forest Guard should probably have his Head Quarters at 
Balik Pulau and be in charge of Reserves G. H. /. in addition to the duty of controlling 
the timber and produce removed from Crown Lands, which brings in -1f)6oo to $1,000 a 
year. t 
The maintenance grant of $250 will I assume provide for 3 coolies — one lor each 
Guard. 
In the North East District the third Guard is very necessary and 1 would suggest 
his being placed at Batu Feringhi where an extension of the reserve to include a 
large quantity of Gutta Percha trees is about to be proposed. 1 he maintenance 
grant should provide for 3 coolies. Pulau Jerejak seems to require no special staff. 
Province Wellesley. 
In mv opinion it will suffice for the present if a new Forest Guard is provided for 
the Bukit Mertajam District, and each of the 3 Forest Guards is given a coolie to help 
him in clearing the boundaries and to go about with him. The maintenance grant m 
the North (Senior) District Office should be further increased so as to allow of the 
road through the Tasek Glugor reserve, and part of the boundary of the Ara Kuda 
reserve being fire traced : but this may wait till I have sent in my report and explained 
what 1 consider should be done. 
H. C. HILL, 
Conservator of Forests. 
Lumut, j Jothune, iqoo. 
Appendix B. 
Minute on the Staff required for the protection of the Forest in the Bindings. 
Following the arrangements in Penang that each Forest Guard should be assisted 
by a coolie, the number of Guards in the Dindings is sufficient. It is only necessary 
to provide a maintenance grant sufficient for the employment of, at present, six coolies, 
and later on probably seven coolies, say <$700 and $800.* 
The Guards would be stationed as proposed by Mr. WOLFERSTAN. 
2 at Lumut. 
1 at Pangkor. 
1 at Beting Luas. 
t at Bruas. 
1 at Bukit Segari and Telok Sera Kampong Acheh. 
1 at Sungei Rotan. 
The men at Lumut would have charge of 
Lumut Reserve 
Telok Muroh Reserve 
Tanjong Hantu Reserve 
and later probably of a reserve it is proposed to make in Bukit Undan, North of 
Lumut. r ^6 p in( jj n g S 1 am disposed to recommend the appointment of 2 Forest 
Rangers for forest work only, to be located 1 at Bruas, 1 at Lumut: and to be held 
responsible for all the timber working and produce extraction from Crown Lands as 
well as for the protection of the Reserves. The system of having a Land Officer 
(Forest Ranker) responsible for the extraction of timber and produce from Crown 
Lands and a Forest Inspector to merely supervise the protection of the reserves, does 
not commend itself to me. It would be better I think, with the present staff, to lave 
the two men in charge of all work in different divisions of the Dindmgs with their 
Head Ouarters a* Bruas and at Lumut. This question shall be dealt with more fully in 
my rep'ort, but in the meantime, if approved, the employment of six coolies might per- 
haps be sanctioned. ^ ^ jqij j 
Conservator of Forests „ 
Lumut , 30th June , /poo. _ 
* The coolie draws $8 a month and rice allowance, 
