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Survey«. 
See Fo r m 4. 
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The small areas added in Penang were surveyed. In the Dindings the 
Forest Reserves were completely surveyed, but the results of the survey are not yet 
ready and the snaps not yet marie. 
CHAPTER II. 
Management of State Forests 
Working Plans. 
i. None have yet been made. The necessity has hardly vet arisen except in 
the case of Mangrove Reserves and in these in Singapore and the I findings the work 
should be put in hand as soon as officers have been found to fill the posts provided 
for. 
[n Malacca some of the Reserves may be worked in the near future under regular 
plans. These however cannot be made until we have good large-scale maps. 
Communications and. Buildings. 
See Form 6. ■ 
2. In Penang clearing of boundaries and paths wherever required was done at 
a cost of §214. 
In Malacca, Forest Guards' quarters were erected at Selarvdar at a cost of 8255.90, 
coolie lines at Bukit Bruang at FR 4 °> while were spent on repairs. In the Fede- 
rated Malay States we are building small houses for the Forest Guards a t from 8100 
to 8250, and this should be clone in the Colony when more revenue is received. 
Protection of Forests and Breaches of Buies 
g The stafl w as chiefly occupied in every Settlement in patrolling boundaiie* of 
reserves and keeping them clear. 
In Penang there were 13 cases of illicit extraction of timber or other forest pro- 
duce with r 1 convictions. 
In Province Wellesley there were 16 cases with 16 convictions. No damage 
was done by fire. In the Findings there were 43 prosecutions; the number of convic- 
tions is not stated but 8264.50 was received from fines by the Court. 
In Malacca there were S cases with 6 convictions, one case being compounded ioi 
820, The cases are few except in the Dindings where there are ( hinese timber cutters 
In Singapore 6 persons were charged and all convicted. 
Practically speaking there are no forest rules, the only law relating to the Forests 
at all is found in Ordinance No. X of 1883. The passing of a Forest Enactment and 
rules thereunder is now engaging the attention of the Chief Forest Officer. 
Sylviculture. 
Improvement of Forest Growth. 
4. Most of the Forests of the Colony are at present recuperating, having been 
reserved when in a very poor state. In Penang there is large forest on the hills, but 
the majority of the reserves in the Island were constituted chiefly with a view to the 
prevention of erosion of the soil on the steep hill sides, and to the preservation of a 
regular supply of water, rather than to a successful timber supply. In the Province the 
small area reserved consists chiefly of hill tops, except Tasek Glugor where there will 
soon be exploitable timber. 
In the Dindings and Malacca we find the best forest. In the former the reserved 
areas are all hilly except Tanjong Burong which consists of liakau (Mangrove). 
Nothing has been done to improve natural growth so far, except to allow the reserves 
a complete season of rest. 
In Malacca the best reserves are Bukit Sedanan, Batang Malacca, Bukit Singgeh 
and Merlimau. 1 hese forests contain large timber trees, chief of which are Rambei- 
Daun ( Shorea Acuminata ) Gombang ( Diptero-carpus Crimtus) producing a good wood 
oil, Resak [shorea). Kelat of several kinds, Jelutong [Dyer a Maingayi,) Kayu Gharu 
[Aquilaria Malaccensis) or eagle wood, used for incense. Medang [Crypatocaryci 
Griffithiand ), Tembusu [Fagraea Fragrans), Tampinis, Kumuning [Mairraya exotica), 
besides several useful varieties of canes. 
