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stations will be established at Sungei Rotan (for Ulu Bruas), Pangkor, and Kampong 
Acheh (for Bukit Segari), each to have one Forest Guard at $9 and a man at $8. 
The existing stations will be maintained as at present though the Reserves allotted 
to the Guards at each station for patrolling will be re-arranged. The new Forest 
Ranger will be stationed at Bruas. 
Prosecutions. 
4. There were four prosecution^ during the year for trespass in the Reserves, 
vis . , two lor cutting timber, in which the defendants were lined $23 in all, one for 
trespass by encroachment in which the defendant was discharged, and one for theft 
of firewood. In this last case two Chinamen were arrested in June at SuiVjgei 
Panchor, for cutting firewood in the Tanjong Burong Reserve. They had come 
across from the Perak side of Sungei Panchor; on being arrested by the Forest 
Guards they resisted and shouted to their friends on the Perak side for help. A 
number of Chinamen came out from Sungei Panchor village and the prisoners were 
rescued. Warrants were afterwards taken out and 5 Chinamen were convicted and 
sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for periods of from 4 to 6 months. 
5. The theft of firewood and small jungle produce is the only way in which the 
Reserves can be violated. The felling of large and valuable timber undetected is 
almost an impossibility and I think I may venture to say is never attempted in the 
Reserves. The risk of being caught is so great, the fines or other punishment so 
heavy, and there is such abundance of timber outside the Reserves that there is no 
inducement for theft. Smaller jungle produce is however occasionally stolen, but 
the harm done (if any) is of the slightest. It is a question in fact whether more good 
is not done than harm, by clearing away too luxuriant undergrowth and allowing a 
freer circulation of air about the roots of the larger trees. I should be inclined to 
recommend that passes for various kinds of jungle produce, such as bertams, rotans 
and nibongs, should be issued in the Reserves. If necessary the fee for a pass might 
be double that for a corresponding pass not in the Reserve. The Revenue from this 
source would not be great, because the open jungles contain an almost inexhaustible 
supply of these kinds of produce and the Reserve would not be entered upon (at the 
double rate) until the supply outside the Reserve fell short. At the same time there 
are some katnpongs as at Teluk Gedong, Teluk Chempedak, &c., which are close to 
Reserves but have no open jungle anywhere in the vicinity. The inhabitants are now 
compelled either to steal or to go long distances for the rotans and nibongs they 
may require for repairing their house, &c., not to mention the fact that a fairly 
lucrative source of income is closed to them unless they are willing to go and live 
for a time at a distance from their homes. Mr. H. C. Hill of Indian Forest Service 
expressed the opinion in his Report on the Reserves of the Dindings that such 
passes at double rates would do no harm in the Reserves. I should be very glad to 
see the arrangement brought into force. 
6. None of the Reserve has been properly surveyed, and a guess at the area is 
almost impossible owing to the devious and up and down nature of the boundaries. 
The present Forest Inspector (Mr. T. deSouza) has had some experience of survey- 
ing in India and I accordingly instructed him to make rough surveys of each of the 
Reserves as occasion served. He completed the measurement of Lumut Reserve 
but he was then stopped as I understood from correspondence that the Survey Office 
were to survey all the Reserves. This was in September last. The Survey Depart- 
ment have not commenced operations yet. The Forest Inspector’s rough compass 
survey of Lumut Reserve gives the area to be about 1,225 acres. Taking this as a 
basis and judging by the comparative time it takes to walk or row round the other 
Reserves, 1 should estimate that the total area of Reserve Land in the Dindings 
would not fall far short of 20,000 acres. 
A proper survey of the Reserves (and, indeed, of the rest of the District) js very 
much needed. This work will, I hope, be done this year. When once begun it 
should not take much time to complete, as the Reserve boundaries are all kept clear 
and in good order by the Guards and in some places fairly long shots could be taken 
with the theodolite. 
7. On the 26th June, Mr H. C. Hill, Conservator of Forest in the Indian Forest 
Department (now Acting Inspector- General of Forests for India) and Mr. Curtis of 
the Penang Gardens arrived on their tour of inspection of the Forests of the Colony. 
Mr. Hill made a thorough examination of the system of collecting revenue from 
timber and forest produce in the district, inspecting the more important timber 
Kongsis and Forest Reserves. He laid stress on the point that Reserves should not 
