South-West District, 
Sir, — I have the honour to forward herewith my report for 1800 o.n the Forest 
Reserves in the South-West District. 
2. Name and area of each Forest Reserve 
A. Pantai Acheh 
B. Laksamana 
C. Telok Bahang 
G. Ginting Hills 
11 . Bukit Gemuruh 
Lot I 72 
174 
181 
247 
2 7 
52" 
) J 
99 
$ 
i go 
Mukim 
J ) 
J 9 
a . 
I 3,208 
II 465 
11 380 
VII 2 1 
VII ■) 
VII U05 
IX ) 
/. Part of Relau Hills j „ ” 79 l ,75.8o | i,43ii, M V 1 
* kr i Mukim X j 
r. 
0 
2 
1 
2 
O 
O 
A 
08 
3 o 
36 
14 
06 
25 
3. Eacli of these Reserves has been visited by myself or my predecessor and the 
Forest Ranger respectively during the year as follows : — 
Forest Rese 
9 9 
9 9 
yy 
9 ) 
yy 
rve A. By the District Officer twice; by the Forest Ranger 3 1 times. 
B- j i three times ; 7 
c * 1 ” 
y » twlce ; » 9 „ 
Lr - U once; , , 
11 • ,, four times; 
1 ' r, four times; ,, 17 
ir 
18 
99 
4. Staff. I he Staff consists of one Forest Ranger, one Forest Ranger's Man, 
two Forest Guards, and two coolies. The Forest Ranger and his man are’ stationed 
at Bahk I ulau, but their supervision extends over the whole group of Reserves situat- 
ed within this District. The rest of the staff are located at Telok Bahang, where the 
most important of the Reserves, A. B. and C., are situated. I have tried to introduce 
some kind of division of labour, assigning to one Guard and one coolie the clearing 
and patrolling of Forest Reserves B. and C. and half of Forest Reserve A. ; and to the 
other Guard and the other coolie the remainder of Forest Reserve A. and Reserves 
G. 11 , and /. It is however impossible to rigidly adhere to this distinction. 
5 B ) osccutions . Only one prosecution occurred during the year in connection 
with the Reserves. This was for cutting wood from the new Forest Reserve on 
Relau Hills and the man was fined $15 and costs. 
6. General. During the month of January some Chinamen in clearing land 
newly taken up near Forest Reserve C. burnt down about one or two acres of that 
Reserve. As the damage appeared to have been accidental, they were not prosecut- 
ed, but consented to pay ^25.35 for the damage done. They have also been kept 
lurther off the boundary of the Reserve than would otherwise have been the case. 
It was reported towards the end of the year that people were cutting “ getah 
laban under the name of “ Fkor ", They have been warned against this practice 
and passes to cut ‘ Fkor are no longer issued. I would suggest, however, that it 
would be as well to cut that wood out of the Timber Roll. 
I he boundaries of the new Forest Reserve could not be cleared during the year, 
as it had not yet been re-surveyed. Both operations have since been begun. 
The present staff were unable to get all the boundaries of all the Reserves quite 
cleared during the year. 1 believe, however, that an augmentation of their number 
is under consideration. 
In forest Reserve A. which reaches to the seashore, it appears to have been the 
custom ol some Malays for some years past to encamp on a small piece of the shore, 
in order that they may be able to prosecute their fishing during stormy weather, with- 
out having to return to lelok Bahang. I understand that they have in former vears 
obtained permission to do so, on the condition that they erected nothing in the shape 
of a house, but slept simply under “ Kajang ” which they bring and carry away with 
them. . Although I believe that they have never given any trouble, nor raised any 
suspicion of cutting wood there, I am not certain that the practice is an advisable one, 
and do not feel justified in sanctioning its continuance on my own authority. 
Forest Reserve 11 . was increased during this year by the addition of a piece of 
formerly alienated land of about four acres. The land is virgin jungle on the top of 
ihe hill, and had for some time been included in practice in the Reserve ; it has now 
been formally included in the Reserve, the owner having been unaware that the land 
