The revenue was 1920.15, made up as follows: — 
Timber Royalty 
Expenses of Preliminary Survey (undertaken by the 
Forest Ranger) 
Timber and Fruit sold by Forest Ranger 
Fines (for wood-stealing in Reserves, and other Crown 
Land and for encroachments, ad undertaken by the 
staff) 
$920 58 
Thus although the staff engaged has to look after about 4,500 acres of Reserve 
Producing no revenue, the expenditure was only 85175 in excess of the revenue. 
7 ; ^ rom T antai Acheh h orest Reserve wood continues to be stolen by the 
inhabitants oi Pantai Acheh Village Site. Ihe Reserve comes right down to the 
sea and is perfectly accessible on that side from the village site, but it is impossible 
for anyone to approach it from elsewhere without giving notice of his approach, and 
1 regret to say that not a single arrest has been effected there during the year. The 
Reserve is undoubtedly far the most valuable in the Island as a Reserve of timber, 
because the very qualities which lay it open to the attacks of wood-stealers at present 
will, when it is decided to utilise it, facilitate the extraction of the timber. 
8. There have been no fires during the year in the Reserves. 
9. 1 he boundaries of the Relau Hills Reserve were surveyed and opened up 
during the year : considering its comparatively small area the boundary is a very long 
one and where it runs along the boundary of the North-East District the work was 
difficult ; the land on the other side of the boundary is jungle belonging to Mr. LOGAN 
and I think it might be well, if the Collector of Land Revenue considers it feasible, 
to repurchase that land and throw it into the Reserve. 
10. During the year 1 have been on the look out for good specimens of “ getah 
taban ” trees, all that 1 have found are on the North of the Island : and practically all of 
these are outside the Reserves : on the East side of Telok Bahang Reserve, which 
overlooks the Batu Feringhi Valley I found one or two small trees. I have no reason 
to believe that they are being cut down any longer. 
$616 74 
153 40 
20 44 
130 00 
8 th February , igoi . 
G. A. HEREFORD, 
Acting District Officer. 
PROVINCE WELLESLEY. 
Northern District, 
r. There are two Reserves in this District, viz : — • 
{a) Tassek Glugor, 3,095 acres. 
(b) Ara Kuda, 562 acres. 
Part of the Reserve consists of primary jungle, part of secondary jungle and part 
is lalang and brushwood. 
2. I took over the duties of Senior District Officer at the end of October. I did 
not find time to visit the Reserves during- November or December. The Forest 
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Ranger has visited them about once a week, and there is a Forest Guard living at 
Tassek Glugor, who looks after both Reserves. 
Mr. O’Sullivan, the Senior District Officer, visited both Reserves in June. He 
was accompanied by Mr. Hill of the Indian Forest Department, who has since 
written a full report on all the Reserves in the Settlement. This report is published 
in the Government Gazette of 28th September, 1900. 
4. There are .very few valuable trees in the Reserves. In his report for 1899 
the Senior District Officer stated that the Reserves contain, among other things, 
about 200 young tembusu trees. He has however left it on record that the number 
200 is a mistake and that there are in fact about 20,000 young tembusu trees in the 
Reserves. 
5. There were 6 fires in the Tassek Glugor Reserve and 7 in Ara Kuda during 
the year. They were lalang fires, none of the primary or secondary jungle was 
consumed. 
