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The revenue from the Jasin District is only approximate, as no separate account 
has been kept of tenths paid for jungle produce taken from the Reserves. This will 
be done in future. 
4. In 1894, the year before the Forest Department was retrenched, the revenue 
derived from the Reserves was $1,207.69, and there had been a steady increase for 
some years before that in the amount collected on jungle produce. Had the Depart- 
ment not been abolished, the revenue might, in time, have nearly balanced the ex- 
penditure. 
Central District. 
5. 1 he Acting Collector of Land Revenue (Mr. Broadrick) reports that the 
boundaries of the Bukit Bruang Reserve have been patrolled and kept clear by the 
two Forest Guards. Of the 294 young getah trees planted in 1895, 2 57 are still living 
and doing fairly well. The remainder have died. There were no prosecutions for 
illegal cutting, &c. during the year. 
A lor Gajah District. 
6. The Acting District Officer (Mr. Marriott), who has only recently taken up 
his appointment, reports that the boundaries of the Bukit Panchur Reserve are, on the 
whole, well kept, though overgrown in places with lalang where the Reserve abuts 
on abandoned tapioca land. In the Brisu-Sungei Siput Reserve no clearing was done, 
and unless they are cleared soon, the boundaries will be entirely obliterated. Steps 
will be taken to have this done during the current year. 
7. At the time of writing his report, Mr. Marriott had not been able to visit 
the Sungei Udang Reserve, owing to press of other work, but there have been two Forest 
Guards in charge of the Reserve during the year, and the boundaries have, I believe, 
been kept clear. The other two Guards are stationed at Bukit Panchur, and there 
are none in charge of the Brisu-bungei Siput Reserve. There were no prosecutions 
for illegal cutting, &c. during the year. 
Jasin District. 
The Acting District Officer (Mr. Scott) reports that a Corporal and 2 Guards 
are stationed at Selandar, and do their best to look after the Bukit Sadanan and 
Bukit Senggeh Reserves, the aggregate area of which is 20,785 acres 18 poles, 
but the number of Guards is, of course, totally inadequate to the duties they are sup- 
posed to perform. The boundaries were, however, kept clear. 
9. The Ayer Panas Reserve, the area of which is about one-sixth of the Bukit 
Sadanan and Bukit Senggeh Reserves, has been in charge of two men ; the bounda- 
ries have been kept clear, and the Reserve has been regularly patrolled. 
10. This Reserve contains very little, if any, “forest ” (i. e., primary forest) 
and hardly any timber of any value. It consists chiefly of “blukar” (secondary 
growth) from 25 to 40 years old, which has grown up over the former tin-workino-s, 
and its value as a Res -rve is, in my opinion, nil. About 30 years ago the whole^of 
the land comprised in the R serve was worked for tin by Chinese miners, and a very 
considerable quantity of tin was obtained : but their methods w'ere primitive, they 
only took the ore where it was most accessible, and they were unable to go to any 
depth because they were unable to get rid of the water which filled the workings. 
ir. There are several places in the Settlement, as mentioned by Mr. Hervey 
in paragraph 6 of his Administration Report for 1892, where tin ore of mood quality 
is found, of which those in the neighbourhood of Ayer Panas and KesanS- are proba- 
bly the best, and there is no doubt that much of the land in the Ayer Panas Reserve 
would pay well if worked with improved methods. During 1897, leases for 240 acres 
3 roods 39 poles of the Reserve were issued, on my recommendation, to a Chinese 
syndicate, who have been getting very good ore from one place. The first consign- 
ment sent to the Straits Trading Co.’s Works at Pulau Brani gave 75% of tin, and if 
other miners take up land, there will probably be a considerable revenue from tin. I 
regret to say, however, that it has been decided not to grant any more land in the 
Reserve for tin-mining, an application for a lease of 25 acres, which was sent in short- 
ly after the issue of the leases mentioned above, having been refused. 
12. The Reserve brings in no revenue to the Government, and, as stated above, 
there is little 01 no timber of any value in it. I am, therefore, strongly of opinion 
that, if any further applications for mining leases are received, the Reserve should be 
abandoned. Should tin-mining succeed, as I hope it will, and it is considered desir- 
able to form another Reserve in another place, the revenue derived from tin would 
enable the Government to establish a Reserve which might, at some future time, be 
of some value. 
