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THE Forestry Department of the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States was organized in 1901 and the Malayan Forest Service, whichincludes all senior officers serving in Malaya, was created in 1926. Afterwards, the protected States of Johore (1920), Kedah (1923), Kelantan (1933), Brunei (1933) and Trengganu (1936) set up forestry departments oftheir own, to the charge of which officers of the Malayan Forest Servicewere appointed. A Research Branch was commenced in 1918, and has greatlydeveloped and undertaken important work, its sections now consisting of botany, wood anatomy, sylviculture, chemistry, entomology, forest economy and timber testing. In connexion with the Research Branch, a vernacular school is maintained for the training of the subordinate staff. The Research Branch and School are now much on the same lines as the classic example at Dehra Dun, India.
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Forest Administration in Malaya. Nature 143, 571–572 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143571a0
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