6 
# 
in Malacca, and gutta-percha trees were tapped for the first time in the 
Ayer Kroh plantation and in Batu Feringgi and Telok Bahang as follows: — 
Number of trees tapped 
Yield ... 
Cost of collection ... 
Receipts Irom sale ... 
j Batu Feringgi and 
Ayer Kroh . Telok Bahang. 
852 
3 43 pikuls. 
$612 
$996 
268 
1*45 pikuls. 
$220 
$428* 
34. The revenue for each Settlement and the principal products f 10111 
which it was derived are as follows : — 
Singapore $55, almost entirely from nibong. 
Penang and Province Wellesley: — $328, chiefly from akciv (§124), canes 
($84), and bertani ($82). 
Dindings:— $541, chiefly from krang shell ($225), granite ($141), and 
kajang ($104). 
Malacca: — $1,445, chiefly from gutta-percha ($996), damar ($315), and 
fruits ($96). 
(b) From Crown Lands. 
35. There was an increase in the revenue on minor produce from Crown 
lands from $1,330 to $2,083, to which the Dindings contributed $P 9 I 4 > 
including $1,239 on tengar bark, $320 on canes, $217 on nibong, and $115 
on me ngknang . The revenue of $509 on 182 taban trees with an average 
girth of 40 inches which were tapped on Pulau Jerejak was not recovered 
during the year. 
PART III. 
FINANCIAL RESULTS. 
Revenue. 
36. The following statement shows the total revenue from 1920 to 
1922: — 
Settlement. 
i 
Revenue, 
1920. 
Revenue, 
1921. 
Esti- 
mated 
revenue, 
1922. 
Actual 
revenue, 
1922. 
Increase 
over 
Estimates. 
T 
Increase 
or decrease 
over 192 1 
actuals. 
$ 
$ 
$ 
$ 
$ 
$ 
Singapore 
12,979 
16,678 
7,500 
14,389 
+ 6,889 
— 2,289 
Penan of and A 
Welleslev 
5 , 7 2 3 
3,016 
3,oco 
3.003 
+ 3 
- 13 
Dindings 
i 5 , 32 i 
13,801 
10,000 
16,916 
4 6,916 
+ 3 , 1 ! 5 
+ 364 
Malacca 
23,245 
10,341 
5,000 
10,705 
+ 5,705 
Tot^l ... 
57,268 
43,836 
25,500 
45,° 1 3 
F 19,5 *3 
+ M 77 
37. These figures are on the whole satisfactory and are undoubtedly the 
results of more efficient administration, which not only prevents the loss of 
revenue but taps new sources of revenue. 
Not realised during the year. 
