5 
The difference between the figures in the sixth ?md seventh columns is explained 
by the fact that the purchase price of the coupes is paid in two instalments which are 
not always received in the same financial year. t he average price obtained for the 
new coupes was only $4.85 per acre compared with $6.36 in 1914, and the out-turn 
6*79 tons per acre against 9-94 tons. 
25. In Malacca 437 Class I trees exceeding 6' in girth were marked in reserves 
by the Forest Ranger for felling and extraction by permit holders, 423 trees, including 
some marked in 1914, being removed during the year. A detailed statement is 
appended : — 
Reserve. 
No. of 
trees. 
Revenue. 
'frees. 
Estimated 
out-turn. 
] 
Tons. 
Merlimau 
94 
93 
292'30 
Ayer Panas 
47 
34 
126-09 
Bukit Sedanan 
24 
54 
14076 
Sungei Udang 
205 
^ Details not 
available. 
168 
560-96 
Batang Malaka 
9 
9 
53'46 
Bukit Senggeh 
5 * 
61 
225*43 
Ram u an China 
1 
. . . 
J 
4 
io - 8o 
1 
437 
$980 
423 
i ,409-80 
In 1914 ... 
47 1 
. 
$1,326 
Not known. 
It is estimated that 135 trees and 37,279 poles of Class II species were also 
felled, mainly in the interest of trees of Class I and without previous marking, the 
revenue realized being $669 compared with $663 the previous year, and the estimated 
out-turn 1,131*87 tons. The revenue from charcoal was $120. 
26. In Penang, 14 permits at $5 each were issued for the extraction of Class II 
timber from the Telok Bahang Reserve, and one permit for $5 to collect dead wood 
from the Government Hill Reserve. A Dacridium tree from Government Hill 
plantation was sold for $2. The revenue realized was $77, but the quantity of timber 
extracted cannot be given. 
27. The question was raised during the year whether Government obtained a 
fair return on the timber exploited in Malacca and proposals were made to raise the 
rates. It was however decided to postpone action partly on account of the war and 
the generally depressed state of the timber market partly because no data were 
available as to the quantity of timber extracted under each permit, and partly because 
it was found necessary to insist on less wasteful methods than had hitherto obtained 
and it was thought that a sudden raising of rates in addition to much closer super- 
vision would result in many permit holders giving up work altogether. Account is 
now kept of all timber extracted from reserves, and the figures so far as they go show 
that the revenue realized on first class timber is only 71 cents a ton, which is absurdly 
low considering the quality of the timber. If this result is confirmed by those of the 
first few months of 1916 the matter of rates will have to be reconsidered. 
(b) — From Crown Land. 
28. I n Singapore, 4 tons of Class I timber were extracted, and 161 $5 permits to cut 
mangrove firewood were issued. The total out-turn of firewood is estimated to have been 
3,220 tons, compared with 5,260 tons the previous year. The demand was poor, and 
during part of the year large accumulations of firewood seemed almost unsaleable. 
15,371 were removed, of which 2,915 were cut under free permits. The out-turn of 
charcoal was 10 tons. The total revenue realized was $1,077.42. 
