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iS The reserves in Penang, Province Wellesley, and the Dindings were 
more treely opened to exploitation than in the past, and the revenue rose in 
conseouence from $1,499- to* $10,014-06. hour hundred and ten tons, 
mostiv poles, were extracted from the reserves on Penang Island. I he 
Province Wellesley reserves yielded 242 tons of timber, 340 tons of h re wood, 
and some charcoal, most of the timber coming from the portion of the J asek 
Glugor Reserve, which it is proposed to rescind. In the Dindings there was 
an output of 1,242 tons of timber and 7,429 tons °f firewood, a quarter of the 
timber and all the firewood coming from the fanjong Burong mangrove 
reserve, and most of the rest of the timber from the Segari-Melintang Reserve. 
19. In Malacca the system of marking trees in reserves for felling was 
continued, and the output, 1,752 tons of timber and 171 tons of charcoal, 
slightly exceeded that of 1917. Efforts have been made to secure more 
economical working, and some measure of success seems to have been 
attained, for the yield per tree of Class I timber rose from 2*9 to 3*6 tons. 
20. The out-turn from the reserved forests in all Settlements was 3,742 
tons of timber, 16,154 tons of firewood, and 171 tons of charcoal, on which 
revenue to the amount of $15,519.66 was realized. Further details are given 
in Form 9*, 
(T) From Ci own Lands . 
21. The number of permits issued in Singapore to collect mangrove and 
nyirch firewood rose from 227 in 19*7 to 2 5° i n the y ear °t report, which, 
at 20 tons per permit, represent an output of 5,000 tons. Other firewood 
accounts for the additional 203 tons shown in Form 9*. 756 tons were taken 
out in the form of poles. The revenue realized was $2,141.60. 
22. In Penang and Province Wellesley there was a decrease in the out- 
put of poles, but this was counterbalanced by an increased out-turn of Class I 
timber. In the Dindings there was an increase in output both of timber and 
firewood, the latter showing a rise of over 15 per cent. The total yield from 
the two Settlements was 2,578.38 tons of timber and 6,959 tons °f firewood, 
compared with 2,133.81 and 4,211 tons respectively in 1917, with a correspond- 
ing rise in revenue from $6,718.08 to $7,808.04. 
23. In Malacca also all classes of timber and fuel were worked in increased 
quantities, the out-turn being 1,108 tons of timber and 255 tons of firewood, 
compared with 861 and 122 tons respectively in 1917, the revenue rising from 
$1,279 to $ 2 >°38- 
24. The total revenue on timber and fuel from Crown lands in all Settle- 
ments was $11,987-64^ details of the quantities extracted, amounting m all 
to 4,442 tons of timber and 12,417 tons of firewood, being given in Form 9*. 
(c) From Alienated Lands. 
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2;. No reliable figures can be given of the yield of timber from alienated 
land? Royalty at the rate of 10 per cent ad valorem, as nearly as can be 
estimated, is paid in Malacca on forest produce, when land is alienated, and 
from this source a sum of $1,8 19-99 wa s realized. Crown lands are now 
rourhly classified and the royalty payable fixed for each class, thus saving the 
time and trouble involved by an inspection of each parcel of land disposed of. 
26. In the Dindings 40 tons of timber and 25 tons of firewood from 
alienated land brought in $78.72. 
Minor Forest Produce. 
(a) From Reserves, 
27. Minor forest produce from reserved forests paid revenue of $1,306.50 
as follows : — 
Singapore $8 for nibong, Penang $261 chiefly for bertam and rotan, 
Province Wellesley $79-30 almost entirely for bertam, the Dindings $457.50, 
of which $263 were for road metal, and Malacca $500.70 including $349- 2 o 
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