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35 - In the Dindings an area of 119 acres in Telok Muroh was treated 
at a cost of $1,600, including the cost of tools and coolie-lines. The principal 
species favoured in these operations was daniar Jaut, which is very abundant 
and all size-classes being well represented. Other valuable species that are 
fairly common are bintangor, rengas and scpetir. 
36. In Malacca the scheme fellings originally started in 1928 were 
continued and completed over the following areas : — 
Ayer Panas 736 acres, Batang Malaka 314 acres, Bukit Sedanan 1,714 
acres, Bukit Senggeh 1 acre, Merlimau 971 acres, Ramuan China 781 acres 
and Sungai Udang 373 acres; in all 4,890 acres were treated at a cost of 
$26,502, }.e., $5.42 per acre. This figure is a reduction of $3.45 per acre 
from 1929 and is accounted for largely by the increased experience of the 
labour force. A total area of 10,693 acres of the Malacca reserves had 
been treated with improvement fellings at the end of the year. The results 
of the work are now becoming apparent and show distinct promise of 
success. 
EXPLOITATION. 
(i) Timber and Fuel. 
(a) From reserved forests. 
37. In Penang and Province Wellesley the outturn of timber and fire- 
wood was 367 tons and 499 tons as compared with 315 and 1,410 tons in 1929. 
The increased output of timber was due to the opening of the Telok Bahang 
reserve to pole working, and the large decrease in firewood is accounted for 
by decreased demand and by the revocation of the Bukit Goa Ipoh and 
Bukit Langkap reserve, the outturn from which (about 500 tons) is now 
recorded under that from “Crown and alienated lands”. 
38. In the Dindings the outturn of class I timber fell from 190 tons to 
81 tons and that of class 2 timber and poles showed a small increase from 
[40 tons to 165 tons. None of the reserves is open to regular cutting of 
class 1 timber and the whole outturn is derived from the removal of dead 
and fallen chengal and other timber from Segari Melintang and the areas 
destined for excision. 
A pole coupe was opened in Tanjong Burong for the supply of fishing- 
stakes and 40 tons of lenggadai poles were removed. 
The outturn of firewood dropped from 719 to 427 tons. Charcoal to a 
weight of 15 tons was removed from a area in the Lumut reserve destined 
for excision. 
39. In Malacca the steady demand for timber apparent at the end of 
1929 continued through the best part of the year, but latterly fell off. The 
outturn of class 1 and 2 timber was 2,551 and 2,991 tons compared with 2,083 
and 3,142 tons in 1929. There was a remarkable increase in the outturn of 
firewood, viz., from 12,737 tons in 1929 to 26,589 tons. It is chiefly ac- 
counted for by the removal for firewood of trees of inferior species felled 
and girdled in the departmental operations. Two hundred and twenty-one 
tons of charcoal were produced in the Malacca reserves. 
40. In Singapore 60 tons of class 2 Tmher were removed for trial in a 
local match factory. The outturn of firewood rose from 56 tons in 1929 to 
10,907 tons in 1930. This increase resulted from the sale of coupes in the 
most inaccessible of the mangrove forests, which it had been found 
impossible to protect. 
41. The total outturn of the Straits Settlements from reserved forests 
was 6,215 tons of timber and 38,422 tons of firewood as compared with 
5,870 tons of timber and 14,922 tons of firewood in 1929. 
(/;) From Crown and alienated land, 
42. In Penang and Province Wellesley the outturn of timber and fire- 
wood was 297 and 1,789 tons as against 168 and 1,516 tons in 1929. These 
increases are accounted for by the revocation of the Bukit Goa Ipoh and 
Bukit Langkap reserves, which were then exploited to their full capacity. 
