5 
38. The figures for the whole Straits Settlements were:— i, 608 tons of 
timber and 3,139 tons of firewood compared with 2,476 and 8,762 tons les 
pectively in 1926, The outturn of Class I timber fell from 766 tons to 22b 
tons. Revenue on these heads decreased from $11,039 to $ 9 > 75 2 - 
(b) — From Crown and Alienated Land. 
39. In Singapore the outturn of timber and firewood was estimated as 
nil and 17,300 tons compared with 946 and 21,997 tons respectively in 1926. 
Revenue oh these heads fell from $6,104 to $4,464. 
40. In Penang and Province Wellesley fellings on Crown and alienated 
land produced 207 tons of timber and 3,482 tons of firewood compared with 
147 and 2,184 tons respectively in 1927. Revenue on these heacte rose from 
$1,047 to $1,699. 
41. In the Bindings the outturn of timber was 6,195 and of firewood 
2,583 tons compared with 5,040 and 1,943 tons respectively in 1926. Revenue 
increased from $8,070 to $10,871. The amount of Class I timber removed 
rose from 1,217 tons to 2,539 tons. 
42. In Malacca, the outturn was 1,668 tons of timber and 736 tons of 
firewood compared with 2.21 1 and 985 tons respectively in 1926. Revenue 
from these sources amounted to $9,336 compared with $8,834 in 1926 
Royalty on the timber on land alienated for planting amounted to $ 3 > 9 ^ 
compared with $13,377 in I9 2 ^- 
43. The total revenue derived from the exploitation of timber and fire- 
wood on Crown and Alienated land fell troiu $37,432 to $30,338; i| “ ie 
amounts referred to in the last sentence of paragraph 4 2 aie excluded, tie 
fall in revenue is replaced by a rise in royalty from $24,055 to $26,370. 
MINOR FOREST PRODUCE. 
(a) — From Reserved Forests. 
44. Revenue from this source increased from $2,989 to $ 3 > 2 47 - There 
was a small increase in the Dindings revenue and a subtantial inciense m 
Malacca. The Malacca increase was due to fees on permits to prospect for 
tin and to the sale of taban seeds collected in 1926 and 1927, which more than 
made up for a falling off in rubber sales. 
45. Damar tapping has been started in Segari-Melintang resei\e in the 
Dindings, where 181 chcngal and 30 tcmak trees have been opened, ihe 
latter, which is a species of Shorca, has not yet been botamcally identified, but 
it produces an unusually valuable pale damar. 
(b) — Form Crown and Alienated Land. 
46. Revenue increased from $815 to $1,116. The increase was chiefly in • 
the Dindings, but the details are of no importance. 
PART III. 
FINANCIAL RESULTS. 
Revenue. 
47. The following statement shows the total revenue from 1925 to 1927. 
Settlement 
Revenue 
1925 
Revenue 
1926 
Estimated 
revenue 
1927 
Actual 
revenue 
1927 
Increase or 
decrease 
over 
Estimates 
Increase or 
decrease 
over 1926 
Actuals 
Singapore 
Penang and Province 
Wellesley 
Dindings 
Malacca 
S 
12,998 
7.317 
11,062 
16,605 
S 
12,443 
6,844 
9,879 
29,093 
$ 
7,000 
6,650 
9,960 
16.450 
s 
17,073 
5,628 
13,305 
16,757 
$ 
+ 10,073 
- 1,022 
+ 3,345 
+ 307 
S 
+ 4,630 
- 1,216 
+ 3,426 
- 12,336 
Total ... 
47,982 
58,259 
40,060 
52.763 
+ 12,703 
- 5,496 
