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(ii) Expenditure. 
52. The expenditure from 1928 to 1930 inclusive is shown hereunder: — 
Settlement 
Expenditure 
1928 
Expenditure 
1929 
Estimated 
expenditure 
1930 
Actual 
expenditure 
1930 
Savings on 
estimates 
Increase 
or 
decrease 
over 1929 
actuals 
$ 
S 
$ 
$ 
$ 
$ 
Penang and Province 
Wellesley 
11,488 
12,308 
8,199 
10,645 
- 2,446 
- 1,663 
Dindings 
8,773 
9,099 
9,993 
11,879 
- 1,886 
+ 2,780 
Malacca 
35,897 
72,458 
88,343 
92,196 
- 3,853 
+ 19,738 
Singapore 
10,083 
11,216 
9,573 
11,052 
- 1,479 
- 164 
Total 
66,241 
105,081 
116,108 
* t 125,772 
- 9,664 
4- 20,691 
* Excludes temporary allowances amounting to $4,305. 
t Includes share of headquarters expenses, of local training of forest officers and the contribution to 
the Imperial Forestry Institute, Oxford. 
(iii) Comparative Statement. 
53. The results of the year’s working are shown in the following 
statement : — ■ 
Settlement 
Surplus 
or deficit 
1928 
Surplus 
or deficit 
1929 
Estimated 
surplus or 
deficit 1930 
Surplus 
or deficit 
1930 
Increase 
or decrease 
over 
estimates 
Increase 
or 
decrease 
over 1929 
actuals 
$ 
$ 
$ 
§ 
S 
S 
Penang and Province 
Wellesley 
- 8,087 
- 9,438 
— 
5,334 
- 8,093 
— 
2,759 
+ 1,345 
Dindings 
4- 9,527 
+ 2,796 
+ 
4,587 
- 1,030 
— 
5,617 
- 3,826 
Malacca 
- 20,364 
- 42,904 
— 
54,343 
- 59,650 
- 
5,307 
- 16,746 
Singapore 
4- 15,991 
+ 4,891 
+ 
4,427 
+ 9,861 
+ 
5,434 
+ 4,970 
Total ... 
- 2,933 
- 44,655 
- 
50,663 
- 58,912 
8,249 
- 14,257 
PART IV 
ADMINISTRATION. 
54. The writer was in charge of the department throughout the year. 
Singapore remained under the general supervision of the Deputy Director 
of Forestry with a Sub-Assistant Conservator in immediate charge. The 
State Forest Officer, Perak North, continued to supervise the forests of 
Penang and the Dindings. Throughout the year an Assistant Conservator 
with headquarters at Taiping was in charge of Penang and an Extra Assistant 
Conservator stationed at Lumut was in charge of the Dindings. Malacca 
continued to be in charge of an Assistant Conservator, with headquarters 
at Jasin, under the general supervision of the State Forest Officer, Negri 
Sembilan and Malacca. 
J. P. MEAD, 
Director of Forestry, 
F. M. S. and S. S. 
4 / 
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Kuala Lumpur, 28th February , 1931. 
