Annual Report on Forest Administration in the Straits 
Settlements for the Year 1925, 
PART I. 
EXTENSION AND CONSTITUTION OF RESERVED FORESTS. 
1. The only alteration in area was an excision of 337 acres from the 
Tasek Glugor, Reserve in Province Wellesley. The land affected adjoins 
the road and, as it carried no forest of any value, it was considered it would 
be better under cultivation. 
2. The area of 2 acres excised from the Lumut Reserve in the 
Dindings for a Hindu temple was not taken up, as it was said to be too small, 
and an extension to the area was still under consideration at the end of the 
year. 
3. The following statement shows the present area and distribution of 
reserved forests : — 
Locality. 
■ ( 
Area. 
Area of 
Reserved Forests. 
Proportion 
to whole area. 
* 
Square miles. 
Square miles. 
Per cent. 
Singapore ... ... 
217 
22-7 
10-5 
Penang ... ... 
108 
19-0 
1 7'6 
Province Wellesley 
280 
* 
2' 1 
Dindings 
183 
47*5 
26 0 
Malacca ... ... 
72c 
00 
— j 
iO'9 
Total 
1,508 
1 73*7 
1 1*5 
DEMARCATION AND MAINTENANCE OF BOUNDARIES. 
4. The total length of forest reserve boundaries is now estimated to 
be about 570 miles, of which about 415 miles are demarcated. The boundaries 
of the Gunong Tunggal and Kopia Reserves in the Dindings were re- 
measured and found to differ considerably in length from previous estimates. 
The excision from the Tasek Glugor Reserve necessitated a re-adjustment 
of the boundary of that forest, the length of which was slightly reduced. 
5. Much of the work of boundary maintenance is done by the staff. 
The expenditure incurred was $98 in Penang and Province Wellesley, $146 
in Malacca, and $38 in the Dindings. As a result of accretion from the sea 
