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Report on the Forest Reserves in the Settlement 
of Malacca, for the year 1897. 
i . The Forest Reserves in Malacca are 8 in number, as shown in the following 
table : — 
District. 
Locality. 
Area. 
t 
Central,... 
Bukit Bruang, 
a. r. p. 
3.45 s 3 l 3 
Alor Gajah, 
Brisu-Sungei Siput, 
5,268 2 08 
Do., 
Bukit Panchur, ... 
3.356 3 29 
Do., 
Sungei Udang, * ... 
4,392 0 35 
Jasin, 
Ayer Panas, 
3,242 t 35 
Do., 
Merlimau, ... ... 
6,217 0 00 
Do., 
Bukit Senggeh, ... 
9,429 3 2 5 
Do 
Bukit Sadanan, f... 
ii ,355 0 33 
The total area is 
46,721 0 18 
* A small portion of this Reserve is in the Central District. 
+ 4,529 acres 2 roods 17 poles of this Reserve are in the Alor Gajah District. 
2. The number of Guards employed in 1897 protecting the Reserves was as 
follows : — 
Area of Reserves. 
No. of 
Guards. 
No. of Acres per 
Man. 
Central, 
a. r. p. 
3.45 s 3 13 
2 
1,729 
Alor Gajah, 
13,017 2 32 
4 
3,254 
Jasin, 
30,244 2 13 
5 1 
6,048 
It is obvious that, with this small staff, the amount of “ protection ” that can be 
given to the Reserves is very small : in fact the Merlimau and Brisu-Sungei Siput 
Reserves were not even nominally protected, the whole time of the Forest Guards in 
the Alor Gajah and Jasin Districts being given to the other Reserves. 
3. The following table shows the revenue and expenditure for the year: — - 
Revenue. 
Expenditure. 
Central District, 
1 c • 
$ c. 
*9$ 45 
Alor Gajah District,... 
53 10 
388 00 
Jasin District, 
200 00 
49 1 77 
Total, ... 
$253 10 
$1,078 22 
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