IO 
MALACCA 
Central District. 
Forest Office, 
Malacca , nth February y 1^02 
Sir, — I have the honour to forward the Annua! Report on the Forest Reserves in 
the Central District. f 
2. The Central District includes the “Bukit Bruang” Reserve with extension 
and the “ Bukit Sebukor'’ Reserve. 
3. The “ Bukit Bruang ” Reserve was inspected on various Fridays by the 
Forester and myself; and the whole boundary has been gone round about 2-1 times 
The paths are kept clean and clear of all undergrowth. 
4. The staff consists of a senior and a junior Forest Guard, both of whom are 
nte lligent and energetic men. 
5. There was no prosecution during the year. Beyond the suspected cutting 
of bamboos on the edge of the Reserve, I saw no appearance of illicit cutting of wood 
in our inspections of the boundary. 
6. The nursery in the “ Bukit Bruang” Reserve at “Ayer Keroh ” contains 
several beds of Tembusu {f agree a Fragrans ), Merbau (A fee Ha palembanica) , Nibong 
( oncosperma ti gill arid) , Gelam {Melaleucas leucadendron ) Gombang {Dipterocarpus 
crinitus ) sown in 1901 ; also 19,000 odd seeds of Para rubber ( Hevea braziliensis) 
were sown ; about 500 rambong {Ficus elastica) cuttings and seedlings were raised 
during the year, about 500 Getah Sundih {Payena Leerii) seeds were sown and 10.500 
getah taban {Palaquium sp .) cuttings were bedded. 
In the Bukit Sebukor Nursery are a few beds of tembusu {Fagroea fragrans ) 
and about 2,000 Para rubber {Hevea braziliensis ) plants were raised and have since 
been put out in the said Reserve. 
7. We purchased 6,218 Getah taban {Palaquium sp.) plants and, through the 
kindness of the Acting Director. Botanic Gardens, Singapore, received 18, 1 60 plants 
of the same species for which we paid freight charges only. 
Of these 13,600 were put out direct into the forest at “ Ayer Keroh” and at 
20 x 20' this gives an average of 125 acres (nearly) planted with this important 
variety of Gutta percha. The rest were bedded in the nursery and will be put out 
during the current year. 
About 20 acres were close planted at 5' x 5" with valuable timber plants in 
lalang {Cylindrica imperata) covered ground in the Bukit Bruang Reserve ; and 
about 15 acres were planted with Para rubber {Hevea braziliensis) plants in the 
Bukit Sebukor Reserve at 15' x 15'. 
8 . Expend itu re : — 
Only in the case of Contingent Expenses were the annual votes exceeded and 
that by a matter of 34 cents only. The only items of expenditure that need be 
specially mentioned are : — 
$ els. 
{a) Salaries and wages of coolies and gardeners ... 2,415 87 
{b) Purchase of 6,218 getah taban {Palaquium sp.) plants.... 68 i 76 
(c) Purchase of 4,775 Para rubber {Hevea braziliensis) seeds. 42 25 
{d) Purchase of surveying instruments ... ... 180 35 
{e) Compensation and rewards ... ... ... 48 co 
13,368 23 
9. Revenue : — 
We started selling the material cut out in clearing for the planting of Getah 
taban {Palaquium sp.) plants, consisting of soft wooded and inferior species, in the 
month of August and at the close of the year realised $51.45 
By lease of the fruit trees in the “ Bukit Sebukor Reserve” 20.00 
Total $71.45 
1 o . M i seel l a n eo us : — • 
(i) Two ground fires occurred during the year. About 20 odd acres of lalang 
were burnt in March, destroying about 5 acres tembusu {Fagrcea fragrans) and 
