Annual Report on Forest Administration in the Straits 
Settlements for the Year 1909 
PART I. 
Extension and Constitution of Reserved Forests. 
I. In October, 1909, the Forest Ordinance came into force, and for the first time 
provision was made (or the legal constitution of reserved forests, and the procedure to 
be adopted laid down. In order to comply with this Ordinance it is necessary to 
notify in the Gazette all areas it is proposed to reserve, and accordingly revised 
descriptions of all boundaries were undertaken, and during the year the following 
were completed and notified in the Gazette as proposed reserves, details being shown 
in Form 2 : — 
— 
Acres. 
Roods, 
Poles. 
* 
Penang 
10,81 1 
2 
26 
Province Wellesley 
3 > 9 l6 
0 
27 
Bindings 
2 3 >945 
2 
r 4 
Malacca 
t 
. ■ 
49>93 1 
0 
1 1 
i 
Total ... 
88,604 
1 | 
38 
2 - Pulau Jerejak, formerly treated as a reserve, has been omitted, as it has been 
handed over to the Medical Department. In Singapore the completion of the revised 
descriptions was delayed owing to need for further survey of Sembawang reserve, and 
^at certain areas have had to handed over to ihe Municipality, as 
tailing within the extended water catchment area. Chan Chu Kang reserve has been 
handed over and part of Sembawang. 
3 - Tlie area of reserved forests when ail the procedure shall have been gone 
through will be piactically the same as before, and it is hoped that early in 1910 all 
may be complete. J 
4. . The Bukit Fimah reserve has sustained great damage owing to the openino- 
of granite quarries to supply the works on the Harbour Schemes. 
Demarcation and Up-keep of Boundaries. 
5. In Singapore the boundaries of the reserves were kept clean by the staff of 
forest guards and were inspected by ihe Forest Ranger. 1 hey are in good order In 
Penang and Province Wellesley 68* miles of boundaries were cleared at a cost of 
$274, not including Tasek Glugor reserve which was kept clean by the forest Guards 
in charge. This shows a reduction as compared with 1908. • 
6. In the Bindings the boundaries of all reserves were cleared on contract 
62 miles, $425.60 being spent ; they are now all in good order, and in 1910 will be 
upkept almost entirely by forest guards and boatmen. The District Officer inspected 
many of the reserves and the Conservator inspected those of Tanjong Hantu, Telok 
benangin, parts of Lumut, Telok Muroh and Pangkor reserves, also the southern 
boundary of Telok Sera and a portion of Tanjong Burong reserves. 
