STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 
Paper to be laid 
before the Legislative Council by Command of 
His Excellency the Governor, 
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Annual Report on Forest Administration in the 
Straits Settlements for the year 1906. 
PART I. 
Extension and Constitution of Reserved Forests. 
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I Alteration in Area. 
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I. The following table shews the areas of the forest reserves in relation to the 
whole areas of the various Settlements, a small increase will be noticed in Singapore, 
by the inclusion for the first time in the returns of Seletar extension, and an addition of 
623 acres to the Pandan Reserve, vide Form /. * 
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Area of 
Settlement 
Sq. miles. 
Area on 
31-12-05. 
Sq. miles. 
Area on 
31-12-06. 
Sq. miles. 
Percentage 
of Reserve 
to area of 
Settlement. 
Singapore ... 
206 
19-4 
22-3 
10-82 
Penang and 
Province Wellesley J 
395 
2 5'5 
255 
645 
Dindings 
265 
36-1 
361 
13-62 
Malacca 
4 
659 
77'4 
78’! 
11-85 
1.525 
1584 
162 0 
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Four small areas in Singapore varying in extent from 4 to 13 acres respectively 
have been omitted from the list of Reserves as they are not worth up-keeping. 
2. Some small alterations will be found in Form I * as regards area of Malacca 
Reserves, being merely, corrections owing to more correct surveys and one or two small 
excisions. No reserves in the Colony have as yet been legally constituted. 
II. Reserve Proposals. 
3. The only proposed addition was the area added to Pandan Reserve, above 
mentioned. It contains valuable Mangrove forest, and is situated to the West of the 
Sungai Jurong. 
In Malacca, a few small patches of Gutta Percha forest were proposed. An 
extension of Batu Undan forest reserve was considered, but not yet finally included or 
demarcated. 
Ill- Demarcation and Up-keep of Boundaries. 
4. In Singapore, the boundaries were well kept by the Forest Guards, except 
part of Sungai Buloh Reserve, which was inaccessible owing to the absence of a boat 
for the men in charge, which was however purchased late in the year 
There are 9 1 -i miles of cut lines and 34^ of natural boundaries requirino- no 
up-keep. 
5. In Penang, 66 miles were recleared and in Province Wellesley, 41 miles at a 
cost of $566.65 against $49745 in 1905, nearly double the length beincr cleared in 
1906. 
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* Not printed. 
