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accurate descriptions of the boundaries of reserved forests. Revised rules for a. I 
Settlements under this Ordinance were drafted and submitted by the Conservator 
towards the close of the year. 
F ire. 
i6. In Malacca, 18 persons were punished for causing lalang fires. About 36 
acres of lalang in the Bukit Bruang Reserve were burnt, but no damage was done to 
the forest. 
Forest Offences. 
( Form 7* shows particulars .) 
17. There were 131 new cases of breaches of rules during the year as against 143 
in 1907, and three cases were pending at commencement of the year in Malacca, 
There were 107 convictions. Three cases were pending at the close of the year in 
Singapore. This gives a percentage of convictions of 82 per cent. Besides the above 
in Malacca 43 cases were compounded for $201.48. 
18. There was a falling off of prosecutions in the Dindings, due no doubt to the 
decline in the timber industry. In Penang there were 21 convictions out of 22 cases. 
Improvement of Forests, 
Natural Reproduction . 
19. In Singapore natural reproduction of Gutta-percha is said to be good in the 
Pandan and Bukit Timah Reserves, and Tampinis in Sungai Buloh and Changi. In 
Penang some old Gutta-percha trees in the Gardens seeded, and 1,350 seedlings were 
obtained. Natural reproduction of the important species is reported as good in the 
Dindings. In Malacca there was a poor seed year. 
A rtificial Rep reduction . 
20. In Singapore the Gutta-percha plantation in Bukit Timah of 97 acres was 
upkept at a cost of $588, and 10 acres of Para Rubber in the Sembawang cost $65 for 
weeding and clearing. In Bukit Timah a nursery was made and seedlings of Gutta- 
percha trees taken from the forests and planted, afterwards being planted out in the 
plantation to fill up blanks. This plantation was not made on a cleared area, but 
seedlings planted out in lines under cover of the forests. Forest trees were cut out 
here and there to give light to the Gutta-percha which have shown great improvement. 
The Conservator visited both areas during the year. 
21. In Penang the Batu Feringgi plantation of Gutta-percha was upkept at a cost 
of $125.85. A small number of Manicoba rubber trees and Lagos silk rubber were 
planted near the forest station at lasek Glugor, as an experiment, but were not very 
successful. 
22. In the Dindings 130 seedlings of fruit trees were obtained from the Botanic 
Gardens, Penang, and planted out at Lumut. 
23. In the Bukit Bruang Reserve, Malacca, three acres of lalang were planted up 
with Tembusu and eight acres of belukart with Kledang. The area of the plantations 
in this reserve was on 31st December, 1908, 279 acres, and there are two acres of 
Para at Bukit Sebukor. The plantations consist of Para, Merbau, Penak, Nibong, 
Kledang, Penaga, Gutta-percha and a few Mahogany. The Para was tapped* the 
expenditure thereby incurred being met from the vote for “ Upkeep of Plantations, 
Ayer Kroh.” 
The Conservator inspected the plantations. There are 720 Para trees with an 
average girth of 24^ indies. Great improvement was noticed in the Getah Sundik 
Block. 
The Penak nursery was twice attacked by the larvae of Nacaduba. The planta- 
tion was surveyed departmental !y, boundary stones put in and a plan supplied to 
the Conservator. 
24. In the Merlimau Reserve 3,000 Merbau seeds were dibbled in over the area 
which has been exploited wherever small clearings were made by felling of large trees. 
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