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1 7. There were seven cases pending from 1926, and 112 new ones in 
1927, compared with 125 and 85 in 1926 and 1925. Forty-four cases were 
taken to the Magistrates Courts, where 40 convictions were obtained. Three 
cases were acquitted and one is still pending. Fines amounted to $1,090 or 
$27 per case, and $125 was paid as compensation. 
18. Sixty-two cases were dealt with departmentally ; fifty-five resulted 
in convictions, one is still unsettled and six were written off by the Resi- 
dent Councillor, Malacca, as the offenders had absconded. Compensations 
amounted to $1,185 or $ 2I -5° P er conviction. 
19. There were 13 undetected cases, seven of them in Singapore, com- 
pared with 44 and 33 last year. As the total number of cases had remained 
almost unaltered, this looks as if the measures for the protection of the 
forests had improved. 
20. Two hundred and eighty-three dollars were obtained from the sale 
of confiscated property and seized forest produce. 
21. No serious fires were reported in 1927. Two hundred dollars were 
paid as compensation for the fire in Pantai Acheh reported last year. 
22. Wild pig did some damage to the plantations at Bukit Goa Ipoh, 
but no special measures had to be taken. Specimens of fungoid fructifica- 
tions from chcngal trees in Segari-Melintang reserve, which were tapped 
for damar, were identified as Stereum. 
IMPROVEMENT OF FORESTS. 
Natural Reproduction. 
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23. There was no wealth of seeds in 1927. Chcngal fruited fairly well in 
Segari-Melintang reserve (Dindings), and angsana in Penang. Taban 
flowered in Telok Bahang (Penang) in December. The taban at Ayer Kroh 
fruited earlier in the year, and 39,000 seeds were collected and sold for $92. 
PLANTING AND CULTURAL OPERATIONS. 
24. The experimental planting and sowing of forest trees together with 
the cultivation of vegetables was continued at Bukit Goa Ipoh (Province 
Wellesley). Nearly the whole area allotted to this was sown up in 1926 with 
seed, mostly chcngal from Pondok Tanjong. Germination was excellent and 
the seedlings did well for a time, but later suffered from drought and insola- 
tion. A good deal of supplying will be needed in 1928. Nurseries of 
angsana were sown for this purpose. Meranti continued to do well. 
Further experiments are in progress in this reserve, and in Bukit Langkap 
in the same Settlement. 
25. Direct sowings of chcngal and angsana were made in the 10 acres 
of Pantai Acheh burnt in 1925. Only about 25 per cent, of the chcngal ger- 
minated. Some angsana was sown in blukar areas in Bukit Juru reserve 
where firewood is being exploited. 
26. Taban seedlings were planted out in blukar areas in Te]ok Bahang 
reserve. 
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27. The above artificial reproduction in Penang and Province Wellesley 
was mostly done by the staff or by vegetable planters. Only $75 was expended 
from the votes. 
28. The area in Telok Sera reserve (Dindings) burnt over in 1926 was 
sown up, but drought killed the seedlings and weeds are very strong. 
29. In Malacca 15 acres of the Ayer Kroh taban plantation was cleared 
of blukar at a cost of $187. The Aver Kroh plantations of other species were 
not treated in any wav, as the condition of both crops and soil do not warrant 
expenditure. Teprosia Candida was sown as a cover crop under young taban , 
but progressed very slowly. 
