STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 
Paper to be laid before the Legislative Council by Command of 
His Honour the Officer Administering the Government. 
Report on Forest Reserves, Singapore, for the year 1897. 
1. As I have only been in charge of the Land Office and, therefore, of the Forest 
Reserves, temporarily for about two months in 1897, I feel it is a matter oi some 
difficulty to write a report on the Forest Reserves. , , 
I have not had time to visit all of them or to go thoroughly through any of them, 
and my report, therefore, must necessarily be based, to a large extent, on informa ion 
derived from the Forest Rangers. , . 
2. The total extent of the Forest Reserves in Singapore Island is 12,491 acres 
1 rood 24 poles, and they are looked after by Forest Guards, who are under the sur- 
veillance of the Forest Ranger for the Division of the Island m wh.ch they are 
situated, who again are under the control of the Collector of Land Revenue. 
(a) In the Western Division there are 8,491 acres 1 rood 6 poles of Reserve 
lor ked after by six Forest Guards under Forest Ranger NONIS 
(b) In the Eastern Division there are 1,393 acres of Reserve looked after by 
two Forest Guards under Forest Ranger RAPPA. 
(c) In the Northern Division there are 2,607 acres 18 poles of Reserve looked 
after by two Forest Guards under Forest Ranger Rodrigues. 
3. I attach tabulated statements giving various particulars about the Reserves 
in each of these Divisions : — 
A . — Western Division. 
No. 
Reserve. 
Bukit Timah Forest 
Reserve, ... 
Jurong Forest Reserve 
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Chan Chu Kang Forest 
Reserve, ... 
Toas Forest Reserve, 
Morai do., 
S. Buloh do., 
Kranji, do., 
Sembawang do., 
Mandai do., 
1 3th mile post Kranji 
Road (right), 
Nature of Jungle. 
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Little jungle, 
mostly swamp & 
lalanr, 
Mostly small 
jungle, rest bakau, 
swamp & lalang, 
Jungle on hill top, 
Nearly all lalang, 
Jungle on hill top, 
Swampy jungle, 
Bakau & jungle, 
Do., 
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Do., 
Jungle & lalang, 
Do., 
Big jungle, 
Total, ... 
Area. 
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