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belonged to him and consenting to give it up on repayment 
had paid on it. 
of the rent, etc. which 
G. A. HEREFORD, 
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Acting District Officer . 
PROVINCE WELLESLEY. 
Northern District. a 
The areas of the two Reserves remain the same as last year. 
(a) Tasek Glugor 3,055 acres. 
(b) Ara Kuda 562 acres. 
Tracings are attached* showing roughly in different colours the proportions oi 
the Reserves consisting of virgin jungle, secondary jungle and lalang interspersed with 
brushwood. I have found in Tasek Glugor Reserve the remains of an old Malay 
Kampong, abandoned some 15 years ago, on which are one or two coco-nuts and 
some fruit trees. There is but little good wood ; the Reserves are only known to con- 
tain 9 mirbau trees, to metepus trees and about 200 young tembusu trees. 
2. The Reserves were each visited once a week by the h orest Ranger during 
the year. The Forest Guard visited some part, of one of them, about 24 times a month, 
f visited the Tasek Glugor Reserve in the end of Decembei but had to postpone 
visiting that of Ara Kuda for want of time. It was visited by my predeeessoi early in 
the year. I only took up my appointment on the 16th December. 
3. The boundaries were kept clear as well as could be done by a single man. 
Where the boundary line runs through lalang it has been found useless to attempt to 
clear it, as it grows up again directly. I he line is best kept along the small holdings 
where the owners residing on the spot are required to maintain it. 
4. There were six fires in the Tasek Glugor Reserve consuming in all about 150 
acres of lalang. The worst of these fires is that they do not extirpate the lalang 
which grows again with renewed vigour, while they entirely destroy the brushwood 
which would in time drive out the lalang and enable the ground slowly to revert to 
forest. There were four fires in Ara Kuda Reserve consuming about 70 acres of lalang 
and brushwood. The cause of these fires can only be conjectured ; probably most of 
those in the Tasek Glugor Reserve were due to the throwing away of lighted matches 
by coolies passing along the road from Bukit Salarong to Tasek Glugor, which 
bisects the Reserve. 
5. There was only one conviction for trespass. This was against a Chinese 
planter named Fong Swee Kong for cutting timber in the Ara Kuda Reserve. He 
was fined $10. 
A. W. O'SULLIVAN, 
Senior District Officer. 
23rd February . njoo . 
Central District 
1. The Forest Reserves in the Central District are : — 
1. Bukit Seraya, Lots 679 and 680, Mukim XVII . 
2. Bukit Mertajam, Lot 815, Mukim XVII 
3. Bukit Juru, Lots 542 and 454, Mukim XII 
4. Bukit Gajah Mati, Lots 637/8/654, Mukim XVI . 
5. Bukit Gua Ipoh, Lot 410, Mukim XX 
6. Kubang UIu Experimental Gardens, Lot 394 11 
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