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Mr G.EL S Cubitt was the annual report on the forests of the Colony. As regards Singapore he writer
WHITE ELEPHANT.
TOWED ON ERENCH MINISTER TO STAM
In theory, the occurence of
The Siamese Court Chould of accidents in factory may either
April 11 states-This afternoon at De due solely to the 'general con-
the Grand Mansion the King Yocaly- ditions of work, or it may be in-
ed in audience His Excellency There was a nett loss on all the Monsient Fernand Pia, Envoy fluenced by the Individual sus-Colonial forests, chiefly owing to Extraordinary and Minister Plon- ceptibility of the workers, In the expenditure on topographical potentiary of the French Republic: practice. It cannot be doubted that surveys in Maincea
on special mission and bestowed the extent to which workers are j Mr. B. HF. Barnard was in upon His Excellency the rank and clumsy or careless must vary, and charge till August 13, 1926, when insignia of a Knight Grand Cross It would be expected from common the writer returned from loavo. In of the Most Exalted Order of the shop experience that the variations order to secure closer control, and White Elephant. The Ministen alo would be reflected in the average also. If possible to effect econo-handed to His Majesty In the marie number of accidents per head. mies, the Singapore forests were of the President of the French Re- Doubtless the very occurrence of at the beginning of the year placed public a piece of ancient Sevres susceptiblity differing from the in charge of the Conservator of porcelain.. meun is itself an "necident, which Forests, Johore, who was given the His Majesty later received His might even itself nut ff sufficient powers of a Deputy Conservator in Excellency the Unvoy Extraordinary material were examlued. but the ine Colony: At the same time a and Minister of Plenipotentiary of factors of such susceptibility are reduction was made in the staff of the Netherlands, who handed to intricate and variable, and it forest guarda and the payment: of His Majesty, Jw the name of Her would be hard for the most ex- allowances to the bailiffs. ceased, Majesty the Queen of the Nether- perienced tradesman to define them envinge being utilised to give the funds, the inalinia and the diploma with sufficient precision to enableDeputy Conservator extra clerical of the Grundi Cross of the Order a statistician to decide when his assistance, The arrangement was of the Netherland Lion. “ material was sufficient in kind unit not an unqualified success. Really quantity to justify, numerical in- jeffective management of thro ferences. The Industrial Fatigue Singapore forests ik: possible variety of taban puteh, in the Research Board, who, with others only
cost which, the Bukit Timal Reserve...
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have made reveral attempts to forests themselves, do nct The Fara rubber trees in the throw atatiafical light on the sub- seem to justify Maps of the re-Chua Chu Kang Reserve were ject. have now published a report serves on the scale of 4 inches to leased for the year for $480), and by Misa E. M. Nowbok, prepared a mile are now available, and it those in the Bukit Timah Reserve under the direction of the Statistis proposed in the course of the for $1,065, The receipta in both cul Committee of the Medical next few months to have i careful Research Council Report No. 34 A Contribution to the Study of the Human Factor in the Causation of Accidents. HM. Stationery Office: 5H. net.
cases were credited to the Agricul tural Improvement Deposit Trust,
This
Similar work was done on a small
operation being of doubtful sylyf to any appreciable extent, this
cultural value,
mite were issued for the removal Paragraphs referring to Singa- of firewood. The outturn of poles pone are-
and firewood from reserved forests
In Singapore new double quarters is estimated to have been 178 and were built for forest guards or the 16,913 tons respectively, the revunuo Mandal Road at a cost of $1.805, derived being. $1,899, compared with replacing old and delapidated quar- $1,063 in 1924. ters at Selstar which were beyond repair, DA
examination made of each of the reserves with a view to deciding
Two permits."were issued to re- on a definite policy for the future. move firewood from an area of None of the reserves are of any abou: 10 acres of the Bukit Timah great value, and considerable areas Reserve in which young gutta-
Wag percha
plentiful. Simultaneously, the Board is in them are already lensed out on having the matter investigated by temporary occupation licences to arrangement proved satisfactory, two entirely different methods, the vegetable gardeners. It has been but permit holders require careful one based on an intensive study of suggested that the cultivation of watching or they remove too much. persons who have, and who have vegetables, is of greater importance acale in Malacca. The eradication not had accidents, and the other to Singapore then the production of api-api at Sungei Acheh in Pro consisting of laboratory research.of timber, and, if this is so, it may vince Wellesley was not continued Jon the
factors that influence be desirable to give up at any rate. accumey of movement. Of these part of the reserves for this form the results are not yet available. [of cultivation after removing all but in the opinion of the Board the existing timber. The reserves
In Singapore no new coupes the present report includes all can never supply more than a small that is likely to be ascertained by part of Singapore's demand for baka stamps from old coupes were were opened. Permits to remoye purely statistical methods. Its timber and firewood, and large re-issued but these were gradually. effect is not much more than togular supplies of the latter can be reduced, permit holders being, allow give some confirmation to previous made available only if the Governed to take pyireh instead in the beliefs; to suggest, for instance.ment. is prepared to incur "heavy inland. reserves a number of pers that a comparatively small number initial expenditure.. of workers particularly suscepti ible to seekdents, or prone to report them, may exercise a not- able effect on the average number among a body of workers. who sesm to be alike in other respects: that young persona have a higher percentage of accidents than older persons; and that minor accidents In March a fire killed 15 taban and minor sicknesses seem to in-merah and 20 taban percha Fercase together. The positive re- sults of the investigation are, in fact, of no greet, necount and a chief merit of the report, apart
A,GOOD LINIMENT from the eireumatantial and RUB Chamberlain's Pain Balm on the laborious statistical calculus by painful spots. It la penetrating, starta up the circulation which carries which it us buen sought to the congestion and pressure at causes That is how it helps eipeidate the matter is that it does the pain. not attempt to attach a greater rhoumatic pains, Jumbags, backache, significance to its results than they, wollen, sching joints and can bear." Engineering."
everywhere.
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The outburn from all reserves in
all the Settlements was 2,779: tona-f of timber and 11,320 tens of fuel,, and the vente realised was ||$10,578 The corresponding figures
for 1984 were 1,236 tons of timber.. 8.101 tons of firewood and $6,689;| revenue
Crown land in Singapore is esti mated to have produced' 16,364 tons of poles and 10,817 tons of firewood againat 5.711 tones of poles and 14,740 tons of Arewood in 1924. Sold and: recommended The revenue was $6,997, compared
with $9.106 the previous year.
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