5 
Expenditure. 
(See Form ii*) 
37. This form shows the total expenditure in each Settlement as compared with 
1906 and estimates for .307 : — 
Settlement. 
Actual 
1906. 
Estimated 
'9°7- 
Actual 
1907. 
Savings on 
Estimates. 
1 
Singapore ... ... 
$ c. 
* 
5,802 87 
$ c. 
* 
8,354 OO 
$ c, 
7J67 5 1 
$ c. 
586 49 
Penang and Province 
Wellesley ... 
Dindings 
4* 1 80 44 
} 5.324 26 
5,990, 00 
6,667 00 
4 t 9 di 46 
5,804 50 
| 1-891 04 
Malacca 
8,501 22 
9,130 00 
8,582 48 
547 52 
Total ... 
23,808 79 
30,141 00 
27*115 95 
3*025 05 
38. The expenditure exceeds that of 1906 by $3,307, due chiefly to the 
following items : — 
One thousand dollars was sent to the Dehra Dun College to pay the expenses of 
the training of Mr. G. M. O’Hara. 
In Singapore, an increase on salaries of $1,467, due to the appointment of a Forest 
Ranger, Grade III, and increment of Conservator of Forests. Transport and Personal 
Allowances about $300, owing to Forest Ranger. 
In the Dindings, about $400, chiefly due to boundary marks and their erection. 
Administration. 
A revised Scheme for the department was sanctioned during the yeg.r and is 
appended to this report. The only increase to the staff during the year was that of 
the Forest Ranger, Singapore, who is in Grade III, $720 to $x,d8o per annum. 
Mr. A. M. BURN-MURDOCH held charge of the post of Conservator of Forests 
throughout the year till 13th December when he was granted vacation leave for one 
month. 
In Penang, the department was managed by the Collector of Land Revenue with 
the assistance of Mr. Miller, who paid visits every second month until the arrival of 
Mr. Derry on ist July. 
One Forest Guard in Penang resigned. 
In Singapore, the Collector of Land Revenue has directed the work and all forest 
revenue has been collected in his office. 
In the Dindings, Mr. ASKEY, Forest Ranger, was in charge of the forest work 
under the District Officer till March when he was transferred owing to bad health. He 
was succeeded by Mr. Kf.UN from Selangor who will hold charge till the return of 
Mr. O'Hara from Dehra Dun. 
The forest clerk has suffered much from Malaria. 
The Deputy Ranger was well reported on until December when he appears to 
have neglected his work. Two Forest Guards had their increments stopped for six 
months and one died from Malaria. 
In Malacca, Mr. V. P. BORGES continued as Forest Ranger in charge of the 
forest^, and the Ayer Kroh Plantation was supervised under his direction by Ran o’er 
Sheikh Amat bin Imam Mudin. 
Two Forest Guards were sentenced to four months' rigorous imprisonment for 
receiving illegal gratifications. Generally speaking the staff has worked well. 
A. M. BURN-MURDOCH, 
Conservator of Forests, 
Federated Malay States and Straits Settlements. 
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* Not printed. 
