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6. In the Dindings, 52^ miles were recleared by contract and cost $335.1201 
$6.40 per mile. The boundaries are in good order. 
7. In Malacca, 107 miles of boundary were recleared at a cost of $397.70, and 
trees growing on the boundaries felled. 
IV. Surveys. 
8. No surveys were made during the year, although 6 Reserves remain to be 
surveyed in the Dindings. 
Plans of Malacca and Singapore Reserves were supplied to the Conservator during 
the year. 
PART II. 
c Management of Crown Forests and Reserves. 
I. Working Plans, 
9. No regular working plans are in force, but the Dindings and Malacca Crown 
Lands were exploited by licensees on a rough plan. ^ 
II. Paths and Buildings. 
10. In Singapore, no buildings were erected nor charges incurred. 
11. In Province Wellesley, coolie lines were erected at a cost of $97.52 at Bukit 
Seraya by the Public Works Department. 
12. In the Dindings the Forest Guards’ quarters at Bering Luas were pulled 
down and rebuilt at Changkat Resam by the Forest Guards themselves. A boat was 
purchased for $80 for the use of the Staff. 
13. In Malacca, a new forest station was built at the 14A mile, Merlimau Road, 
at a cost of $500 ; repairs to other stations were effected at a cost of $288.26. 
Paths in reserves were cleared at a cost of $392.85. 
III. Protection of Forests. 
14. Forest Laws . — The proposed forest Ordinance has not yet been passed, but in 
December a draft was submitted by the Conservator of Forests to the Government, 
based on the draft enactment adopted at the Conference of Residents in Kuala 
Lumpur, part II dealing with the procedure for constitution of reserved forests being 
much abridged and simplified. 
An alteration was effected in the Malacca Timber and Jungle Produce Rules, by 
which timber could be cut under monthly permit in Reserves. 
15. Fires . — No serious fires occurred during the year, but 5 persons were convicted 
in Malacca for burning lalang. 
Forest Offences. 
16. There were 16 cases in Singapore as against 2 in 1905, resulting in 16 
convictions, fines inflicted amounting to $338 ; 8 cases related to reserved forests. 
In Penang and Province Wellesley, there were 37 prosecutions ; resulting in 29 
convictions, $282 being realized in fines. 
This shews a great increase over 1905. 
In the Dindings, there were 16 prosecutions and 15 convictions, with one acquittal, 
fines amounting to $140. The decrease in the number of cases is due to better 
supervision and probably to the fact that the Rules are better understood. (43 cases 
in 1905 with 33 convictions). 
In Malacca, 84 cases of forest offences were dealt with, resulting in 53 convictions 
and 13 acquittals. Fourteen cases were compounded, 3 accused absconded and one 
case was struck out, leaving 2 cases pending at the close of the year. 
This shews an increase over 1905. Of these, 13 cases were concerned with 
offences in forest reserves. 
IV. Improvement of Forests. 
(a) Natural Reproduction. 
17. There is little to report under this head, Meranti reproduces itself well in the 
Dindings and Tampinis in MaP :a. 
