6 
Exploitation. 
Timber and Fuel. 
From Reserved Forests. 
24. The outturn of firewood from the Singapore mangrove coupes was 2,873 
tons, or 10 tons per acre. 
So long as the permit system is in force in the Malacca reserves it is impossible 
to record the outturn by volume. 
There was a marked decrease in timber cutting during August and September. 
During the last quarter business improved. 
In the Batu Undan mangrove reserve, in the Dindings, 461 tons (approximately) 
of firewood was cut under permits. 
From Crown Land and Alienated Land . 
25. Two hundred and sixty-three monthly permits to cut firewood on Crown Land 
were issued in Singapore. 
In Penang and Province Wellesley $1,854.68 was realized in royalty on timber 
and $782.43 on firewood and charcoal as against $2,198.93 and $606.13, respectively, 
in 1913. 
In the Dindings 1,866 tons of Class I timber, 27 tons of Class II, and 33,897 
poles for fishing stakes were cut on Crown Land, and paid royalty. 
One thousand one hundred and thirteen (approximate) tons of firewood was taken 
from Crown Land under permit. One hundred and eighty-five tons of timber was 
removed from alienated land, of which royalty was payable on 8 tons only. One 
thousand six hundred and eighty -two poles were also cut on alienated land free of duty. 
In Malacca royalty from timber permits amounted to $[,860. Firewood $260. 
It is to be regretted that royalty is not payable on all timber and forest produce 
removed from alienated lands. 
Minor Forest Produce. 
26. In Singapore minor produce realized $247, in Penang and Province Wellesley, 
$578, the chief items of which were rattans and bertam ataps. In the Dindings the 
revenue on minor produce fell from $2,286 in 1913 to $1,678. The decrease is due to 
the fact that no tin was worked in the Telok Sera Reserve as in former years. Minor 
produce in Malacca realized $382. 
PART III, 
Financial Results. 
27. The following table shows the total revenue from 1912 to 1914 : — 
Settlement. 
Revenue 
1912. 
Revenue 
1913. 
Estimated 
revenue 
1914. 
Actual 
revenue 
1914. 
Increase or 
decrease over 
Estimates. 
$ c. 
$ c. 
$ c. 
$ c. 
$ c. 
Singapore 
Penang and Province 
3,835 20 
5.180 35 
3,500 00 
4 J 44 19 
+ 644 1 9 
Wellesley 
2,179 21 
5-544 8 4 
1,000 00 
3 , 43 2 40 
+ 2,432 40 
Dindings 
9,390 18 
8,787 58 
7,000 00 
8,009 77 
+ 1 ,009 7 7 
Malacca 
6,129 69 
5.344 90 
5,500 00 
5 T 74 77 
- 3 2 5 2 3 
Total ... 
21,534 28 
24,857 67 
17,000 00 
20,761 13 
+ 3 > 7 61 1 3 
A decrease of $4,096.54 as compared with the previous year. 
