3 
12. Mangrove was planted on a considerable scale in Province Wellesley and 
the Dindings, the Forest Ranger, Mr. Askey, devoting much time and attention to 
the work, which is reported to have been remarkably successful. Large quantities of 
seed were bought, but most of the planting was done either by the subordinate forest 
staff and boatmen, or by the lessees as part payment for the timber on the area 
planted. The following statement gives particulars of the work done. The area 
planted cannot be stated with any accuracy, but, if the estimate of the number of 
seeds planted is correct, it must be not less than 300 acres. 
Number of 
seeds. 
Place. 
Cost. 
Remarks. 
Penang. 
§ c. 
376,000 
Balik Pulau Reserve 
37 6 00 
Bakau. 
Province Wellesley. 
8,000 
Sungei Acheh Reserve ... 
8 40 
Bakau. 
Dindings. 
1 00,000 
Sungei Tong 
Si 43 
Includes §21.43 night 
allowances. 
525,000 
Sungei Bruas 
... 
By lessees. 
c 
More than half Tengar ; the 
724,000 4 
r - j 
rest Bakau. 
{ 
r 
Kuala Panchor 
< 
445,000 ) 
l 3 8 02 
Includes §28.77 night 
allowances. 
2,178,000 
$783 85 
Small sums were also spent on the clearing of piai raya and the planting of 
tengar in the Tanjong Burong Reserve, on clearing round the Gutta-percha trees at 
Batu Ferringgi, and on a nursery for Petai (Albizzia moluccana), which it is thought 
may prove useful as a firewood crop on waste land. One hundred dollars were 
realised on account of rent for the small rubber plantation at Lumut, which is very 
badly maintained by the lessee. 
13. In Malacca 1,164 tappable trees in the Ayer Kroh rubber plantation were 
leased to a Malay at the rate of 5 cents per tree per mensem, §698.40 being realised. 
The output is said to have been 2,215 lbs. of sheet and 258 lbs. of scrap rubber, of 
which 2,027 lbs. of sheet and 242 lbs. of scrap were sold for §1,214.32. 
EXPLOITATION. 
Timber and Fuel. 
(a) From Reserves. 
14. Nine mangrove coupes with an area of 441 acres were open for exploitation 
in Singapore for the whole or a part of the year, and another was leased towards its 
close, but work in it was not begun. For the five coupes of 236 acres leased during 
the year the purchase price was §6,328, equivalent to §26.81 per acre, compared with 
§10.83 per acre in 1918 and $6.06 in 1 9 1 7 . The approximate output from the 
leased coupes was 4,280 tons, compared with 4,740 tons in 1918. In addition to the 
leased coupes, five old coupes were open to exploitation under monthly permits, of 
which 1 14, realising §594, were issued, against 182 the previous year, the out-turn 
