4 
Besides these 8 cases were compounded for $205.80 as follows : — 
$ c. 
Bindings 
Malacca 
4 cases for ... 
4 » 
100 00 
105 80 
Total 8 
$205 80 
The percentage of convictions of cases tried in Courts was 84 per cent, as 
compared with 94 in 1912. There were 60 cases, as against 90 in 1912, 
Singapore had 7 cases with all convictions; Penang and Province Wellesley, 21 
cases with 20 convictions and only 1 acquittal; the Dindings, 14 cases with 7 convic- 
tions and 7 acquittals; and Malacca, 14 cases with 13 convictions and 1 acquittal, 
17. Fines imposed by Courts realized $659.49 as compared with $707 in igri 2 . 
The reduction in cases was chiefly in Penang and Province Wellesley. The 
Forest Ranger believes that this is due to the increased vigilancy of the staff and to a 
corresponding reduction of opportunity for evasion of the regulations. 
Improvement of Forests. 
Natural Reproduction. 
18. In Singapore Meranti (Shorea sp.), Kemuning (Murraya exotica), Serayah 
(Shorea sp.), Taban (Palaquium) and Tampinis (Slcetia sideroxylon) have reproduced 
well in all the reserves. The mangrove in the old coupes has also reproduced well. 
Class II trees in the Telok Bahang and Government Hill Reserves in Penang 
were girdled in order to give more room and light to the more valuable species, such 
as Taban, etc. The natural reproduction of dacrydium in the Government Hill 
Reserve was reported as good. 
In the Bindings, Meranti (Shorea sp.), Damar laut (Parashorea stellata) and 
Resak (Vatica sp.) fruited well. 
The Forest Ranger, Malacca, reports that the natural reproduction in the various 
reserves was not so good as that of 1912. 
Artificial Reproduction. 
19. Form 8* shows particulars. The area of plantations was increased by 48 
acres making the total area 672 acres. 
The plantations in Singapore, Penang and Malacca contain chiefly Getah Taban 
(Palaquium oblongifolium). There are also Para rubber (Havea braziliensis), Teak 
(Tectona grandis), Getah Sundek (Payena Leerii), Tembusu (Fagroea fragrans), 
Mahogany (Swietoma sp.), Merbau (Afzelia palembanica), Penak (Balanocarpus sp.), 
Penaga (Mesua ferrea), Nibong (Oncosperma tigillaria), Kledang (Artocarpus 
lancifolius) and Resak (Vatica sp.). 
Blanks in the Bukit Timah plantation in Singapore were interplanted with Para 
and Durian seedlings. This plantation of 98 acres was upkept for $817.44. The 
revenue realized from the yield of rubber was $525.24 which was credited to 
Agricultural Deposits. The accounts of this plantation are shown in paragraph 20. 
Six thousand two hundred and thirty teak seeds from Burma were sown 
in Penang and Province Wellesley in the Penara Bukit and Bukit Serayah Reserves 
but all of them proved failures. Casuarina and Cedar (Acrocarpus) seeds were 
planted in the Penara Bukit Reserve and met with the same results. One thousand 
seven hundred and thirty-eight Taban seedlings in the Batu Feringgi nursery 
and 707 stumps in Telok Bahang Reserve are doing well, the. cost for 
upkeeping the former was $135-20 and the latter $30. One thousand nine hundred 
and sixty-one Taban trees in the Telok Bahang Reserve were upkept departmentally. 
The teak plantation in the Tasek Glugor Reserve was re-cleared during the year 
at a small cost. About 250 Tembusu (Fagroea fragrans) seedlings were planted out in 
the Telok Muroh Reserve. 
* Not printed. 
