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more extensive work in the Tanjong Burong Reserve in the Dindings, to 
which however is credited this year 326 tons extracted, but not paid for, in 
1921. Revenue rose from $6,681 to $6,994. 
26. In Malacca 33 licensees were working timber in the following 
reserves: — Ayer Panas, 1; Bukit Sedanan, 12; Batang Malaka, 5; Bukit 
Senggeh, 5; Merlimau, 3; Sungei Udang, 6; and Ramuan China, 1. 
Licensees in the Bukit Sedanan and Bukit Senggeh Reserves were also al- 
lowed to convert waste timber into charcoal. The total outturn of timber, 
fuel, and charcoal from reserves was 1,531 tons, compared with 2,514 tons 
in 1921, and the revenue fell from $5,021 to $5,019. Of the total output of 
1,486 tons of timber, 482 tons came from the Bukit Sedanan Reserve. This 
reserve is now divided into 19 compartments, of which 8 were closed during 
the year to further exploitation, and one has not yet been opened. Now 
that compartments have been demarcated, exploitation is much more easily 
supervised and there are fewer breaches of the felling rules. It is of some 
interest to note that more than a third of the 240 class I trees felled were 
Durian Daun. 
27. The outturn from the reserved forests in all the Settlements was 2,180 
tons of timber, 11,401 tons of fuel, and 24 tons of charcoal on which revenue 
of $17,753 was realised. The corresponding figures for 1921 are 3,590 tons 
of timber, 9,521 tons of fuel, 20 tons of charcoal, and $16,705 revenue. No 
account is taken of timber or fuel taken free of royalty. 
(b) From Crown Land. 
28. Monthly permits were issued as usual in Singapore to remove 
firewood and poles from Crown land, and the figures for 1922 and 1921 are 
respectively as follows : — number of permits, 401 and 463; firewood removed, 
8,020 and 9,260 tons; poles removed, 2,92 6\ and 3,293^ tons; revenue 
realised, $4,881 and $5,491. 
29. In Penang, Province Wellesley, and the Dindings the revenue was 
$9,299 on 2,988 tons of timber and 6,899 tons of fuel, compared with $6,421, 
and 2,313 and 5,595 tons respectively in 1921. The increases are accounted 
for by improved demands for timber and firewood towards the closing 
months of the year and closer supervision by senior officers. 
30. In Malacca 1,057 tons of timber were removed on payment of royalty, 
and 9,257 poles under free grant. The output of timber having almost 
doubled, the revenue rose from St. 201 to $2,075. 
31. The total revenue on timber, fuel, and charcoal from Crown land 
in all the Settlements was $16,255 details of the quantities extracted, 
amounting in all to 6,971 tons of timber and 14,9 19 tons of firewood, being- 
given in form 9. The corresponding figures for 1921 are 6,144 tons of timber, 
14,855 tons of firewood, and $13,113 revenue. 
(c) From Alienated Land . 
32. The only recorded outturn from alienated land is 394 tons of timber 
(mostly poles) and in tons of firewood in the Dindings, which realised $381. 
In Malacca the 10% ad valorem tax on the timber on newly alienated land 
fell from $2,848 to $ 1,540, and little more can be expected from this source. 
Minor Forest Products. 
(a) From Reserves. 
33. Revenue on minor forest produce from reserves fell from $4,196 to 
$2,369; the former figure however includes $3,000 on rubber from the Bukit 
Timah plantation in Singapore, which was not tapped during the year under 
review. Actually there was more activity than usual in the exploitation of 
minor forest produce. There was a marked increase in the output of damar 
