6 
In Penang and Province Wellesley $902.03 were realized on timber and $431 .55 
on firewood, but the quantities extracted cannot be given. 
In the Dindings royalty was paid on i, 039'I4 tons of Class I timber, 11*37 tons 
of Class II timber, 1,610 tons of firewood, and 27,760 fishing-stakes. 5-95 tons of 
Class I timber and 300 tons of firewood were removed free for use by Government 
departments. 
In Malacca the revenue on Class I timber was $445 ^nd on Cl ass II timber $1,404. 
The whole of this timber was extracted under monthly permits, but quantities cannot 
be stated. Charcoal realized $2 to. 
The above figures do not take into account timber and firewood removed free by 
Asiatic landholders for their own use. 
(c) From Alienated Land. 
29. There is no record of timber and firewood removed from alienated lands in 
Singapore, Penang, and Province Wellesley. 
In the Dindings 10 percent royalty was paid on 45‘23 tons of timber and 185 
fishing-stakes. 
In Malacca the timber on land to be alienated is now valued by the Forest Ranger 
and 10 per cent royalty demanded. The revenue from this source was $317.70. 
Minor Forest Produce. 
(a) From Reserves. 
30. A sum of $116.66 was received for the removal of sand in Singapore and 
6,056 cubic yards of road metalling were extracted free by the Public Works 
Department from the Bukit Gua Ipoh and Kubang Ulu Reserves in Province Wellesley. 
[b) From Crown Lands. 
31. From Crown Lands there was a general decrease in out-turn, the revenue 
realized in the different Settlements being as follows ; — 
In Singapore $57.30; in Malacca $271 chiefly on wood-oil and nipah ; in 
Penang and Province Wellesley $257.65 chiefly on bertam ; and in the Dindings 
$1,588.75. The last-mentioned sum includes $318.70 paid for granite from the 
proposed Batu Undan Reserve, $546 on bamboos and canes, and $111.55 011 
tengah bark. 
PART III. 
Financial Results. 
32. The following table shows the total revenue from 1 9 1 3 10 *9*5 ■ 
Settlement. 
Revenue 
I9I3- 
Revenue 
I 9 I 4» 
Estimated 
revenue 
I9I5- 
Actual 
revenue 
'9I5- 
Increase or 
decrease 
over 
Estimates. 
$ c. 
$ r . 
$ c. 
$ c. 
$ c. 
Singapore ... 
5A8o 35 
4,144 19 
4,000 00 
3,37° 94 
— 629 06 
Penang and 
Province 
Wellesley 
5,544 84 
3,432 40 
2,400 00 
2,256 41 
- M3 59 
Dindings ... 
8,787 58 
8,009 77 
8,500 00 
6,519 95 
— 1,980 05 
Malacca 
5,344 90 
5> 1 74 77 
6,000 00 
4,570 83 
— 1,429 17 
Total . . . 
24,857 67 
20,761 13 
20,900 00 
16,718 13 
—4,181 87 
Increase or 
decrease 
over 1914 
actuals. 
$ 
c. 
-1,175 99 
— 1,489 82 
- 603 94 
-4,043 OO 
In Singapore the decrease is attributable to a falling off in the demand for 
mangrove firewood, due partly to the exhaustion of timber of good quality on Crown 
lands. The price realized for coupes in reserved forests was also unusually low. 
