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Pulau Damar has now been practically defined by the survey of adjoining lands, and 
the reservation of the hills adjoining Pasir Laba and of the mangrove along the north 
bank of the Sungei Tengeh to the Tuas Reserve should in the opinion of the Collector 
of Land Revenue be considered. There is also a considerable area of mangrove ad- 
joining some of the streams between Tanjong Kling and Tanjong G-ul and on some 
of the larger islands, which might prove worth reserving. 
Demarcation and Upkeep of Boundaries. 
4. The total length of reserve boundaries is 488 miles 71 chains, of which 128 
miles 26 chains are natural and require no demarcation, and 360 miles 45 chains 
artificial. 
5. In Singapore the boundaries were kept in repair by the Forest Guards. In 
Penang 73 miles 11 chains were maintained for $244.20, in Province Wellesley 31 
miles 56 chains for $142.40, in the Dindings 74 miles 77 chains (including 7 miles 
5 chains of the Proposed Batu Undan Reserve) for $218.35, an ^ in Malacca 104 
miles for $503.55, the total expenditure being $1,108.50 on 283 miles 64 chains, or 
$3.91, per mile. This expenditure excludes the cost of boundary boards, paint, etc,, 
which amounted to $191.55 in Penang and Province Wellesley, and $435.31 in the 
Dindings. The cost of maintenance is much too high and can easily be reduced, if 
the subordinate staff are made to do a fair share of the work themselves, as in 
Singapore and the Federated Malay States. 
Surveys. 
6. No surveys were completed during the year. 
PART II. 
Management of Forests. 
Working Plans and Plans of Operations. 
7. A working plan was drawn up for the reserved forests of Malacca in 1903, 
but is no longer in force, its existence having apparently been forgotten. It is 
however not entirely satisfactory. 
8. The mangrove forests of Singapore are worked according to a rough scheme 
of annual coupes, which were disposed of as usual. A similar scheme is nominally in 
force in the Dindings, but no coupe has been disposed of for two years. 
9. Annual plans of operations have hitherto only been drawn up for Penang, 
Province Wellesley, and the Dindings, but will in future be drawn up for Malacca 
also. In Singapore no such plan is necessary. 
Communications. 
10. An inspection path one mile in length was constructed in the Tanjong Burong 
Reserve in the Dindings at a cost of $5.20, and sites for several access roads to 
reserves were chosen. 
11. The maintenance of existing paths cost $194.20, namely, $180 for 15 miles 
in Malacca and $14.20 for 3 miles in Penang. In the other Settlements paths were 
kept in repair by the subordinate staff without expense to Government beyond their 
pay. 
