Report on the Forest Reserves of the Straits Settlements during 
, the year 1900. 
SINGAPORE. 
The year saw no change in the extent of the Reserves and little or none in their 
condition.' The usual details of their position, area, nature and the steps taken to 
safeguard them may be gleaned from the tabular statement below: — ■ 
No. 
\ 
Name of Reserve. 
i 
1 
Area. 
Number of 
visits by 
C. L. R. 
No. of visit; 
by Forest 
Ranger. 
' 
Nature of Reserve. 
( ' ; . / . 
i 
1 
■ Bukit Timah 
a. r. p. 
847 0 00 
5 
-.6 
Hilly. Big jungle tailing off on East into 
2 
Jurong 
412 0 00 
2 
19 
scrub. 
Swamp and hill mixed, not much good 
3 
Pandan 
2440 3 16 
3 
l6 
jungle. 
Almost all mangrove swamp, a little la- 
4 
Ulu Pandan 
4 3 09 
15 
10 
tang scrub. 
A little patch of 25 years old jungle on 
5 
[ 
; Bukit Panjang 
117 2 16 
2 
8 
; small hill. 
Practically all lalang, with a crown of 
6 
! 
Bukit Timah Road 
j 10th mile 
13 0 28 
| 
3 
1 
14 
fair jungle on hill top and some wild getah. 
Small jungle on small hill. 
7 
ChuaChuKang 
49 0 00 
2 
16 
Low-lying small jungle. 
8 
! Tuas 
1,601 3 32 
2 
i 5 
Mostly mangrove swamp. Rest, except in 
9 
Sungei Murai 
3 i 4 1 05 
1 
J 
one place, poor jungle. 
Mostly mangrove swamp. Good jungle 
10 
Sungei Buloh 
770 2 16 
1 
28 
: on one or two hills 
Mangrove swamp and poor jungle. 
11 
1 
Kranji 
756 0 32 
1 
28 
do. 
12 
Sembawang 
0046 3 38 
3 
10 
Hilly. Good jungle and scrub getting 
13 
Mandi 
407 0 32 
3 
i 4 
worse towards Chan Chu Kang. 
Hilly, covered with bluker and scrub ex- 
1 
. 
i 
14 ! 
Kranji Road 13th mile 
9 2 i6j 
1 
28 | 
cept Bukit Mandi where the jungle is 
good. 
High land, scrub covered. 
15 
Changi 
1,393 0 oof 
4 
22 -• 
Some fair jungle towards North and 
16 
1 
Selitar 
1,429 1 08 
T 
A 
9 
East, the rest very poor. 
Mostly poor scrub and mangrove. 
17 
Chan Chu Kang 
813 3 08 
3 
1 1 
Several good patches of jungle; the rest 
18 
Ang Mo Kio 
296 0 02 
12 
9 
better than in many reserves. 
All small scrub and swamp growths. 
*9 
Sempang 
5 0 00 
1 
10 
Nice jungle on road side, swamp growths 
20 
Selitar Extension 
Not known 
3 
13 ! 
at back. 
Mangrove swamp, poor scrub and lalang. 
2. As usual the Reserves (Nos. 1-14 under F. R. Nonis’ charge were very well 
protected and the boundary paths kept clean to a considerable width. The good 
results of this care were apparent in two instances where fires starting on unreserved 
land reached the boundary paths but failed to cross them and make any impression 
on the Reserve. Under F. R. NONIS six Forest Guards were working, as last year. 
3. 1 he Changi Reserve (two guards) was fairly well kept. 
4. The condition of the remaining Reserves was again far from satisfactory, 
and despite frequent changes (5) in the two Guards primarily responsible for this it 
seems impossible to get these Reserves properly kept. The Collector’s visits seldom 
b :nd the paths here so cleared as to be any protection against fire, and the roller- 
ridging left much to be desired. It is hard to say whether additions to the numbers 
of the Guards would effect any improvement proportionate to the increase in 
expenditure. 
