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DEMARCATION AND MAINTENANCE OF BOUNDARIES OF 
FOREST RESERVES. 
8. The total length of boundaries increased from 585 miles to 606 miles. 
Of the new boundaries about 18 miles are artificial, and the remainder are 
formed by natural features. A length of 359 miles of boundaries was repaired 
at a cost of $708, i.c., $1.97 per mile, but a good deal of cleaning was done 
by patrol guards. This cost is for labour and material only and does not 
include overhead charges for supervising staff. The new work was carried 
out by the staff. 
SURVEYS. 
9. A sum of $264.87 was spent in Malacca by the Survey Department 
on work preparatory to the topographical survey programme for 1930. 
10. In the Dindings the Survey Department surveyed the external 
boundary of the Gunong Tunggal reserve and excisions from the Telok 
Muroh and Lumut reserves at a cost of $1,657. 
11. Departmental surveys of compartment boundaries, coupes and paths 
were made in the Penang, Province Wellesley, and Malacca reserves by the 
subordinate staff. 
PART II 
MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS. 
12. Satisfactory progress was made with the scheme of improvement for 
the Malacca forests, and the prescriptions were, with minor exceptions, 
adhered to. 
13. The working scheme for the Tanjong Burong reserve in the Dindings 
could not be followed owing to the lack of demand for firewood. 
14. A preliminary investigation of the mangrove area of the Kuala Linggi 
reserve in Malacca was made with a view to bringing this reserve under 
working scheme control. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
15. Existing inspection paths in the Singapore, Penang and the Dindings 
reserves were upkept by the staff. In Malacca 114 miles of existing' paths 
were repaired at a cost of $631.50 and 20^ miles of new paths were constructed 
at a cost of $2,056. 
BUILDINGS. 
16. In Singapore the Public Works Department removed the forest 
guards’ quarters from Mandai road and re-erected them at Kranji, and built 
a garage for the District Forest Officer, at Barker road. 
17. In the Dindings $18,890 was spent by the Public Works Department- 
on quarters for the District Forest Officer at Lumut, but the building was 
still unfinished at the end of the year. 
18. In Malacca the Public Works Department built a district forest'office 
and quarters for the forest clerk at Jasin and quarters for forest guards at 
Kesang, Nyalas and Tebong. 
Temporary quarters for staff and coolies employed on improvement 
fellings cost $1,086.78. 
19. The Public Works Department spent $1,120.83 on the general repair 
of a number of Forest Department buildings. 
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