-explain this apparently contradictory statement. The passes in 1905 must have been 
used for small amounts. 
26. Di 'ndings . — There were 7 Kongsis cutting timber and fuel during the yeai, 
c.hieflv Meranti and Nyato with a minor quantity of Chengal and Merbau. 
About 70,258 cubic feet were extracted from Crown Lands on which royalty was 
paid and 415 cubic feet for private land paying no royalty, a considerable falling oft as 
compared with 1904. 
As regards fuel, 704 passes to cut Mangrove were issued at $5 per man per 
mensem, and 48 free passes for the use of the Government Launch. I his shews a 
Jafge decrease over 1904. 
Cutting had to be restricted to certain areas. 
Minor Forest Produce. 
27. In Penang realized $147.70. 
In the Dindings 22,997 bundles of Tengah bark were exported at a royalty of 
$1.50 per 1,000 bundles. This bark produces a valuable tannin. 
Four hundred and thirty passes were issued for Canes realising $1,290, and 479 
passes for other produce realizing $958. 
28. In Malacca the right to collect wood oil (Dipterocarpus Crinitus) was sold lor 
$125 in Sungai Udang Reserve. 
The fruit trees in Bukit Panchor realized only $5.85 as compared with $128 in 1904 
owing to failure of crop. 
CHAPTER III. 
Financial Results. 
Particulars are shewn in Form II. t 
(I) Revenue. 
Settlement. 
Actual 
1904. 
Estimated 
1905. 
'O 
0 
• 
* 
1 
Difference. 
T 1 
§ c. 
$ c. 
$ c. 
$ c. 
‘ . 1 
Singapore 
1,209 7° 
1,500 00 
389 5 « 
1,1 10 42 
Penang and Province 
Wellesley ... 
Dindings 
854 52 
16,748 41 
> 13,904 00 
J 
r 701 79 
< 
Lh ,234 54 
y 1,897 67 
j 
Malacca 
6,230 86 
5,000 00 
4,087 26 
912 74 
25,043 49 
20,404 00 
16,483 17 
3,920 83 
29. The falling oft in Singapore is due to issue of less Mangrove passes. 
30. In Penang and Province Wellesley there is a decrease of $82.73. 
■ 31. In the Dindings $13,250 was estimated and $11,234 realized, this is due to a 
drop in timber and fuel, caused by stopping of cutting in the Lumut Kanan Coupe, and 
also to the fall in price of timber in the second half of the year. The Dindings timber 
cutters held over large quantities of timber in hopes of a rise in prices. Various other 
causes are given by the District Officer which I consider satisfactory. 
Malacca . — The falling off in revenue occurred in Timber, Bamboos and Canes and 
other produce. Firewood shews a slight increase. 
