STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 
Paper to be laid before the Legislative Council by Command of 
, His Excellency the Governor. 
* 
Annual Report on Forest Administration in the Straits 
Settlements for the Year 1007. > 
/ 
PART I. 
Extension and Conr+jtution of Reserved Forests. 
( See Form 1 .* *) 
I. The areas of reserved forests remain the same as in 1906 in Penang and 
Province Wellesley. 
In Singapore, an area of 570 acres to the West of the Jurong River was added to 
the Pandan Mangrove Reserve, bringing the total area of Pandan Reserve up to 
3,334 acres. 
In the Diridings, 1,500 acres were added to the Batu Undan Reserve, and 
1,200 acres re-included in the Tanjong Burong Mangrove Reserve. 
In Malacca, two small areas were excised from Ayer Pan as for tin mining, but 
contained very poor forest, A small corner of Bukit Sedanan Reserve was cut off by 
the Railway Department, 242 acres in all. 
The form below shows the areas of reserved forests in relation to the whole 
areas of the various Settlements as on 31st December, 1907. 
1 
Area on 
Area on 
Area on 
Settlement, 
1st Jan., 
1st Dec., 
31st Dec., 
Percentage. 
1907. 
1907. 
1907. 
Singapore ... 
206 
\ 
2 2' a 
0 ■ 
♦ 
w 
23A * 
25^, 
11-31 
Penang and Province Wellesley 
395 
25 A 
6*45 
Dindings 
265 
36-1 
40-3 
15-21 
Malacca 
659 
CO 
I 777 
1 1 * 7 7 
h 525 
1620 
1 66*8 
10-93 
Reserve Proposals. 
2. There are no further extensions under consideration at present, nor are there 
likely to be any more. Belts of forest half a mile wide connecting the various resJbves 
are kept as a protection against pests. 
Demarcation and Up-keep of Boundaries. 
{See Form 3 *) 
3. The repairs to boundaries in Singapore were carried out by Forest Guards 
and inspected by the newly appointed Forest Ranger, who reports them in good order. 
There are 126 miles of boundaries. 
4. In Penang, 44 miles of boundaries were recleared at a 
Province Wellesley 26 miles at $160. 
cost of $290, and 
in 
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* Not printed. 
