Jasin District. 
District Office, 
Jasin , 24th January , /£<>/. 
Sir : I have the honour to submit my report on the Forest Reserves of the Jasin 
District are |' ne in number, their names and approximate areas are as 
follows : — 
' - Reserve . 
Ayer Panas 
Merlimau 
Batang Malaka 
Bukit Singgeh 
Bukit Sedanan 
Area. 
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P 
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.. 3^42 
0 
00 
6,217 
0 
00 
-■ 3)549 
0 
00 
9 ) 43 ° 
0 
00 
7,806 
0 
00 
30,244 
0 
00 
The above Forest Reserves were visited on the following occasions by the 
District Officer and Forest Ranger respectively 
Aver Panas by the District Officer On 16th August. 
Merlimau byLe District Officer on 13th December, by the Forest Ranger on 
the 20th February and on the 6th September. 
Batang Malaka by the District Officer on the 23rd March. 
Bukit Singgeh by the District Officer on 29th August. 
Bukit Sedanan by the District Officer on 30th August. 
4. The Reserves at Ayer Panas, Bukit Sedanan and Batang Malaka were 
visited by Mr. H. C. Hill of the Indian Forest Service. 
5. The staff in charge of each Reserve is as under : 
Ayer Panas. one Lance Corporal, one Guard. 
Merlimau, do. do. 
Batang Malaka, do. do. 
Bukffi Singgeh-) eC oral) one Guard. 
Bukit G tin cin J . , vt co i 
The Guard at Batang Malaka is also in charge of the northern boundary of Bukit 
Sedunan |Reserve^int ^ that although the Jasin Reserves are very much larger in 
area the staff is the same as that provided for the Alor Gajah district in the 
Estimates for 1901. Thus the three northern Reserves, while exceeding m area all 
those of the Alor Gajah and Central district togethe/, have a staff of only four men. 
If effective supervision is to be exercised the present staff should, I submit, be 
increased by at least one Lance Corporal and one Guard. 
7, A considerable portion of the time of the staff 111 charge of Northern Reserves 
was occupied in superintending the newly discovered gutta trees. 
8 There were no prosecutions during the year. 
Q ‘ The southern boundary of the Merlimau Forest Reserve has now been 
nractically all cleared, but the ground through which it runs is, even in dry weather, 
so swampy that it will always be very difficult to pass along this boundary. 
IO a portion of the boundary of the Bukit Singgeh Forest Reserve has not 
yet been cleared ; the lines of all the other Reserves have been kept open. 
I have, &c., 
S. CODRINGTON, 
Acting District Officer. 
Alor Gajah District. 
District Office. 
Alor Gajah , iSth January, 1901, 
; I have the honour to forward the following report on the Forest Reserve.^ 
of this district for the year 1900. 
