( 7 ) 
The industry of damar collecting in the Malay 
Peninsula is still in a very primitive state, although 
a large amount of improvement has been made 
during the past two years. It would seem that the 
industry is capable of great expansion and improve- 
ment. The greatest difficulty, at present, is to 
persuade men to take on the work of collecting, 
but it is hoped that this difficulty can be overcome 
and that the supply can be greatly increased. 
Thus far, the departmental working of Damar has 
operated only in a restricted part of the Pensula, 
but it is hoped to extend this working to most of 
the damar producing areas in time. The outturn 
of very carefully cleaned Damar Penak during the 
last half of 1922 was about 600 pikuls. The Forest 
Department, F.M.S., can now undertake to supply 
an amount of 70 tons of carefully cleaned Damar 
Penak per year, and it is hoped that the outturn 
may be considerably increased within the next few 
years. 
Less Valuable Damars. 
There are quite a number of the inferior damars 
which occur in considerable quantities. Some of 
them are collected and exported under their own 
names; others are believed to be collected and used 
to adulterate the more valuable ones ; and others are 
used only locally, or have such low value that they 
are often not collected because the market price is 
not sufficient to make the collection profitable. Only 
a few of the better known are mentioned here. 
Damar Hitam. 
This name was formerly applied to the damar of 
Balanocarpus penangianus King, which also has 
the name Sungei. This form is not abundant and 
the name is now often applied to the product of a 
