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DESTRUCTION OF IIILI, JUNGLE IN FINANG. 
large districts in India climate and vegetation have rapidly deterio¬ 
rated from a similar cause, and the government having become ful¬ 
ly impressed with tiie necessity of respecting the stubborn facts of 
nature, every means have been used to arrest and remedy the mis¬ 
chief. Forests which had been so easily and thoughtlessly cut down 
have at great cost been restored. 
NOTE. 
We are informed that the destruction of jungle on the mountains of 
Finang has been allowed to proceed unchecked during the last 2 years. 
If any of the residents will bring it to the notice of the Governor we 
are sure, from our knowledge of his opinions with respect to the neces¬ 
sity of preserving hill jungle, that he will not only make an order on 
the subject, but, what is essential, provide means for carrying it into 
effect. While referring to the government jungles on the Pinang 
hills we might also suggest the preservation of the tdbdn trees. 
There is not a tree now left in Singapore nor does all southern 
Joliore furnish 20 piculs per month. Before ten years are past 
tuban seeds and young plants will be invaluable. The government 
forests in Pinang, if carefully protected, would always yield a ready 
and plentiful supply, t 
