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APPENDIX B. 
GARDENS AND FOREST DEPARTMENT, MALACCA. 
Malacca, 
18th January , i8g2 . 
Sir, — i. I have the honour to submit my report on the Forest Department, 
Malacca, for the year 1891. 
2. Mr. Derry left for Penang on the 2tst January, 1891, and I was left in 
charge till 4th January, 1892. 
3. The principal work of the year has consisted of maintenance, general nursery 
work and planting, experimental cultivation, and clearing land. 
4. The main drive has been kept in good repair by the Garden staff, and the 
entrance from Batu Berendam Road has been widened and raised and a new bridge 
built, so as to be above the water level during the rainy season. 
5. To the avenue of specimen local trees on the part of the drive which entirely 
belongs to the Garden, the following have been added: — Kembang Semangkok, Mer- 
sawa, Kempas Sawang, Klat Nasi Nasi, Kluet, Malbira, Kabu Kabu Utan, Rambahan 
Bukit, Merbaju, Kuayah, Kanidai, Pisang Pisang, Kranji Burong. Penagah Lilin has 
also been planted during the year. 
6. Thirteen flower-beds have been formed on one side of the main drive, and 
clumps of trees and shrubs planted. 
7. A collection of ornamental shrubs and flowering plants for supplying Govern- 
ment grounds, and for general distribution, has been maintained throughout the year. 
8. The nursery work is shown in the following analysis : — 
Seeds 
Cuttings 
Seedlings 
No. of 
Trees prepared 
No. of 
sown. 
planted. 
transplanted. 
kinds. 
for box planting. 
kinds. 
102 
4,337 
19,471 
20 
6,55 > 
53 
9. Altogether 3,777 trees have been planted during the y c cxi , vv men leaYLs a 
balance at the close of the year : — 
Forest trees ready for planting, ... ... ... 2,298 
Fruit trees and other economics, ... ... ... 1,762 
Total, ... 4,060 
10. An area of about 7 acres has been cleared at Bukit Sabukor Garden, through 
which a new road 400 yards, in length from the main drive to the Assistant Superin- 
tendent's Quarters was made, and the following trees planted: — 
Myristica fragrans, 
Ca ryop hyll u in a ro maticu m, ... 
Achras sapota, 
Nephelium Lappaceum , 
Ananassa sativa var. 
A reca catechu, 
South American lapioca for... 
experiment , 
Nutmeg, ... 
Clove, 
Chiku, 
Rambutan (Merah & Gadingy 
Mauritius Pine-apple, 
Areca-nut, 
Oronoque, 
Buck-stick, 
Bitter-stick, 
Camache, 
Red Sourise, ... 
40 
u 9 
27 
96 
297 
81 
104 
100 
102 
104 
121 
Total, ... 1,191 
