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The artificial boundaries of most of the reserves (Tanjong Burong, Batu Undan 
and Telok Moroh excepted ) were cleared at a cost of $299.40. As about 40 miles were 
done the average cost was $7.48 per mile. 
No particulars are given as to Malacca, but the boundaries, about 100 miles, were 
kept clear at a cost of $497.15. 
For details see Form 3. 
. IV. Surveys 
6. In the Dindings, the following reserves were surveyed : — 
Telok Sera ... ... 5,000 acres. 
Gunong Tunggal ... ... L 22 5 >> 
Tanjong Hantu ... ... 1,000 „ 
but have not yet been plotted. These areas are approximate only. Gunong Tunggal Re- 
serve was surveyed bv the Deputy Ranger but cannot be plotted at present. 
In Malacca, Nyalas Reserve was surveyed, 2,468 acres, and a rough survey of 
Merlimau and Ayer Panas, 9,459 acres, by the Forest Ranger. 
CHAPTER II. 
Management of Crown Forests. 
I. Working Plans. 
7. The plan mentioned in paragraph 6 of the report for 1903, in Malacca, received 
the sanction of His Excellency the Governor but the full number of trees was not felled. 
No other plans are in existence, but Mr. BORGES, Forest Ranger, Dindings, made 
suggestions for a rough plan of working for the Dindings which are under considera- 
tion. See Form 5. 
II. Paths and 3uildings. Form 6 
8. In Province Wellesley, the Forest Station at Tassek GJugor was whitewashed 
at $2.48. 
In the Dindings, two attap and bertam Malay houses were erected at Changkat 
Resam for the accommodation of the Guards; these buildings were erected by the 
Guards themselves with the help of the boatmen, and the expenditure on them amounted 
to only $33 .80. 
In Malacca, the Forest Guards’ quarters were repaired at Ayer Panas at a cost of 
$21.65. Paths were cleared in one or two reserves, cost included under paragraph 5. 
III. Protection of Forests , 
I, Forest Laws. 
9. No Forest Ordinance has yet been passed in the Colony, and except in the 
Dindings the rules are wholly inadequate, especially in Malacca. 
Proofs of a draft Forest Enactment for the Federated Malay States have now been 
printed and are under the consideration of Government, and it is my intention to sub- 
mit this draft enactment to the Government of the Straits Settlements as soon as it has 
been criticised by the British Residents and others in the Federated Malay States. 
The framing of a Forest Law I consider to be essential, and the opinion of Mr. H. C. 
‘Hill, late Inspector-General of Forests in India, was also strongly expressed in his 
report on the Forests of the Colony on this point. 
y 10. On February 1st, the new Dindings Timber Rules were brought into opera- 
tion, they are practically identical with those in force in the Federated Malay States. 
Under them the timber is worked on the licence system, royalty being paid on the ton- 
nage output, instead of on a combined system of personal passes issued at a monthly 
fee per man with a low royalty calculated on different dimensions for planks, logs, etc. 
11. The present system has worked smoothly and effectively since its introduction ; 
all men in the kongsis are given free sub-licences to shew that they are entitled to 
work there, and the managers have no inducement to try to introduce unlicensed 
workers. Formerly, it paid them to do this so long as they could conceal their presence 
from the Forest Officers. 
12. The minimum diameter for cutting mangrove was raised to six inches during 
the year, which will further encourage regeneration. 
