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Annual Report on Forest Administration in the Straits 
Settlements, for the Year 1913. 
PART I. 
Extension and Constitution of Reserved Forests. 
i. The area of reserved forests finally gazetted under section 7 of “ The Forest 
Ordinance 1908 ’ was 96,644 acres or 151-0 square miles, and the area of reserves 
preliminarily gazetted under section 5 was 9,555 acres or 14-9 square miles. Includin 
the latter the proportion of reserved forests to the area of each Settlement is shown i 
the following table : — 
Settlement. 
Area of Settlement. 
Area of 
Reserved Forests. 
Square miles. 
Square miles. 
Singapore 
206 
213 
Penang ... ... ... 
107 
00 
Province Wellesley 
288 
5-8 
Bindings 
265 
43-2 
Malacca 
720 
77-2 
Total 
1,586 
165-8 
The proportions of reserved forests, and forests in course of reservation, to the 
area of each Settlement, were as follows : — 
Singapore 
Penang 
Province Wellesley 
Bindings 
Malacca 
[0‘3 per cent 
■ 17*1 
• • • f 20 , 1 
... 16*3 „ 
107 
The proportion for the whole Colony was 10*5 per cent. 
2. Additions and alterations are shown in Form /.*■ — The most important 
changes were 874 acres of Taban forest added to the Telok Bahang Reserve in Penang, 
and 12 3 acres to Government Hill in the same Settlement. Total additions 999 acres. 
Eighty-six acres were excluded from Bukit Bruang Reserve in Malacca. Twelve acres 
were excluded from Bukit Mandi in Singapore and 14 acres from Bukit Gua Gempas 
in Province Wellesley. Total exclusions 112 acres. 
* Not printed. 
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