IO 
Central District, P. W. 
> \ District Office, 
Bukit Mertajam, ijth February , 1898. 
Sir, — I have the honour to submit my report on the Forest Reserves of the Cen- 
tral District, Province Wellesley, called for in C. S. 5022/97. 
2. The Reserves consist entirely of hill-tops, and are 5 in number, viz. : — 
a 
a . 
r. 
P- 
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Juru Hill, Lots 454 and 542, Mukim XII, 
525 
0 
10 
2. 
Bukit Seraya, Lots 679 and 680, Mukim XVII, ... 
1 1 2 
0 
04 
3 - 
Bukit Mertajam, Lot 815, Mukim XVII, 
162 
2 
01 
4 * 
Bukit Langkap, Lot 435, Mukim XIX,.,. 
189 
2 
10 
5 - 
Bukit Goa Ipoh, Lot 4 10, Mukim XX, ... 
34 i 
0 
02 
3. There is no special Forest Guard to look after these Reserves. They are 
visited by the Forest Ranger and Assistant Forest Ranger at intervals when an 
opportunity occurs, once or twice a month. The boundaries are kept clear by the 
owners of the adjoining lands. 
4. The Reserves being on the hill-tops are not very well situated for timber 
cutting. T hey contain valuable timber trees such as Meranti, IVRrbiu, Tambusu, 
Tampinis, Medang, and other commoner woods. There was one prosecution for 
illicit timber-cutting, and one pass for timber was issued in the Juru Reserve. There 
was also one prosecution, also in Juru, for encroachment on the Reserve. 
5. There have been no other operations in the Reserves. A number of appli- 
cations for land in the Reserves were made, but were not entertained. 
F. J. HALLIFAX, 
District Officer. 
Southern District, P. W. 
District Office, 
Nibong Tebal , rSth February , 189S. 
Sir, — I have the honour to report on the Forest Operations in Southern District 
Province Wellesley. 
2. There is one Forest Reserve, the area of which is 1,553 acres. 
The Reserve is situated on Bukit Panehorin the South-East corner of the district 
and is almost entirely of a hilly nature. 
3. One Forest Guard on a salary of $>144 is employed solely in watching this 
Reserve, which is visited by him at least 20 days in each month. 
The Forest Ranger, Cheebin MahmOOD, is in the habit of inspecting the Reserve 
five times in each month. 
The District Officer has visited the Reserve four times since March. 
4. The path round the Reserve is open for the whole circumference. 
5. There have been no fires during the year. 
6. The Reserve is entirely jungle, and contains about 40 Merbau, 20 Tembusu, 
20 Tampenis, 50 Patatai, 200 Mentalin, 20 Mantangor. 
7. No planting operations have been undertaken, the land being well wooded. 
8. One application for timber was received during the year. This was for the 
purpose of building a trap for a tiger. The application was granted, the quantity 
required being small and of no value. No cases of cutting timber without a licence 
were reported. 
R. J. FARRER, 
District Officer . 
