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Annual Report on Forest Administration in the Straits 
Settlements, for the Year 1924. 
PART I. 
EXTENSION AND CONSTITUTION OF RESERVED FORESTS. 
• • 
1. No new reserves were made. Nine and a half acres were excised 
from Tanjong Burong Reserve for native settlement, and 2 acres were 
excised from Lumut Reserve for a Hindu Temple site. Both these reserves 
are in the Bindings. A small area wrongly included at the time of settlement 
was excised from Ramuan China Reserve in Malacca. The total reduction 
in the area of forest reserves was 13! acres. 
2. The following statement shows the present area and distribution 
of forest reserves: — 
Locality. 
Area. 
Area of 
Reserved Forests. 
Proportion 
to whole area, 
«r - 
Square miles. . 
f 
Square miles. 
| 
Per cent. 
Singapore ... ... 1 
* 
21J 
227 
10*5 
Penang 
l— « 
O 
oo 
190 
17-6 
Province Wellesley ... 1 
280 
67 
2*2 
■ 
Din dings 
.83 
47' 5 
26-0 
Malacca 
720 
787 
10-9 
Total ... 
1,508 
174-2 
11 *6 
DEMARCATION AND UPKEEP OF BOUNDARIES. 
3. The total length of reserve boundaries is approximately 572 miles. 
These are for the most part maintained by the subordinate staff. Apart 
from salaries the cost of upkeep was $433, which includes the purchase of 
boundary posts and notice boards. 
SURVEYS. 
4. Various small compass surveys were carried out departmentally in 
connection with exploitation, works of forest improvement and path making. 
The total length of traverses was 30 miles and the cost, exclusive of salaries 
$185- 
