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Annual Report on Forest Administration in the 
Straits Settlements for the Year 1905. 
- CHAPTER I. 
Extension and Constitution of Reserved Forests. 
1. Alteration in Area. 
[ See Form i. ] 
I, This table shews the Forest Reserves in the Colony. 
The only alteration in area was effected in Malacca, 3 acres being excluded from 
Bukit Sebukor Reserve. 
Area of 
Settlement : 
Square Miles. 
Area of 
Reserved 
j Forest : 
[Square Miles. 
Area of 
Unreserved 
Forest : 
Square Miles. 
Average propor- 
tion of Forest 
Reserve to 
whole Area. 
% 
Singapore 
206 
! 9'4 
1866 
9*41 
Penang and Province 
Wellesley ... 
395 
25'5 
3 fi 9'5 
6'45 
Dindings ... 1 
265 
361 
228'9 
13-62 
Malacca 
659 
77’4 
581*6 
1 1*74 
Total ... ; 
1 . 
',525 | 
158-4 
13666 
10*32 
2. The above areas l regret to say have not been legally constituted h orest 
Reserves so that with a change ol policy they may all be lost to the Crown. 
II. Reserve Proposals. 
[ See Form 2. ] 
% No more Reserves were proposed. 
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III. Demarcation and Repairs to Boundaries. 
[ See Form 3. ] 
4. Singapore boundaries were upkept by the Forest Guards. 
In Penang the boundaries of five Reserves were cleared, 44 miles at a cost of 
$339.45 or $7.71 per mile. In Province Wellesley, 14 miles were cleared and bridges 
renewed at a cost of $158, averaging $11.28 per mile. 
In addition, all the Reserves were measured by the Survey chain of 100 feet and 
mile posts erected, thus facilitating reference to one’s position in any part of the 
Reserve. 
5. Bindings — Fifty-seven miles 37 chains of boundaries were cleared on contract 
at a cost of $277.24 or an average of $4.83 per mile which is much cheaper than similar 
work elsewhere. As a rule the boundaries are more easily upkept as they get older. 
6. Malacca. — All boundary repairs have been done by the Forest Staff with the 
•exception of inspection paths in Bukit Bruang Reserve which cost $108.50. 
IV. Surveys. 
None made during the year. 
