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The visits paid are shewn in the following table : 
Reserve Times visited by D . O. Times visited by F. Ranger 
Bukit Seraya t * * 
Bukit Mertajam 
Bukit Juru 
Bukit Gajab Mati 
Bukit Gua Ipoh 
Kubang Ulu Experimental 
Gardens ... ... ^ g 
. A , ri ! ere no special employed tq look after these Forest Reserves, but 
it is the duty of two Forest Rangers to inspect them from time to time. 
■ »-' i 
2 . 
1 . 
2 . 
3 - 
4 - 
5 - 
6. 
3 - 
3 
3 
5 
4 
5 
3 
9 
9 
4 - 
lhere were only four prosecutions in 1899 in respect of the Reserves, vit 
Summons Case No. 
Bukit Seraya . yg 
Bukit Mertajam ... 34 
dO. ... 
Bukit Juru ... 316 
b ined §25 and costs 
20 and costs 
20 and costs 
20 and costs 
n 
if 
5. No fires took place in any of the Reserves. 
6. I he Gua Ipoh Reserve consists chiefly of lalang. If it is to be of much use 
as a .crest, some good trees should be planted and the lalang cleared. At present 
the only Reserve with much good timber is the Juru one. 
. j V’ e I^Penmenta 1 Gardens were visited by Mr. Fox. They have been 
placed under the charge of the District Officer, but there is no vote for’ the up-keep 
consequently very little can be done. The trees are planted very closely together 
and appear to be somewhat stunted. The land is small and rather out of the way 
bu it Government decide to retain it as a Reserve a gardener should be appointed 
to look after it. A nursery of this kind may be very useful, but the utility of this 
particular one is doubtful. y 
,1- ' V ■ r ,r he Reser . ves form the crowns of hills and are useful for the maintenance 
oi ramlall on the lower slopes. 
W. PEEL, 
Bukit Mertajam, District Officer. 
. January , /goo. 
Southern District. 
Bukit P anchor Reserve , Lot r 53 , Mukim VIII, Area acres , rood 3 6 poles. 
4 ' l I ! 4 bf SerVe " a f ° n four occasions by the District Officer viz., on the 
Forest Rn, ter June ’ September and 3‘st December, and on 15 occasions by the 
2 ' JJ 1 e employed is one Guard at $>12 per mensem. 
3 - * number ol prosecutions undertaken was three. 
, ln R ll,e ,irst c “ e > Kho . Ah t EK was prosecuted for planting Tapioca in a portion 
le Reserve which consists solely of lalang. His trespassing seemed at the time 
to be due to a misunderstanding, he was therefore cautioned only, but his Tapioca 
In the second case. Mat was prosecuted for cutting Bertam and fined $3. 
In the third case, the former defendant Kho Ah Tek was found to have re-entered 
upon the ground from which he had been ejected. In default of payment of the fine 
°1 bso, he received 3 weeks rigorous imprisonment, and for resisting the Forest Guard 
a further period of 3 weeks rigorous imprisonment. 
4. 1 he F orest Reserve as it now stands has an exceedingly irregular boundary, 
portions of it being almost entirely isolated from the main block by alienated lands! 
icse portions are as a rule composed of lalang or sparse and small brushwood, and 
he mam block would be far more easily protected if these unimportant outlying por- 
tions were separated from it entirely. r y p 
