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67. A contract was made on behalf of the Royal Engineers' Department for rearing and supplying plants of certain kinds required for various fortifications of the Colony. The contract extends over nearly two years, and this department undertook to organize the arrangements and supervise the Con- tractor during the period of the contract.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
CHARLES FORD, Superintendent,
The Honourable
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY,
&C.,
&c.,
&c.
Appendix.
Botanical and Afforestation Department.
STATISTICS OF PLANTING OPERATIONS.
DESCRIPTION AND NUMBER OF TREES AND AREA IN ACRES.
Localities Marked
LOCALITY.
on
Map.
Pinus sinensis.
Crypto Cunning-
Camphor. meria hamia Bamboos.
japonica. sinensis.
Tristanea conferta.
Area.
Grand Total
of Trees.
Pokfulam,
A
8,202
West Point,
B
15,035
2,436
:
Pokfulam,...
C
11,520
1,279
Mount Kellet,
D
31,089
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E
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3,381
Aberdeen,
F
1,989 11,390
590
Sokunpo Hills,
Quarry Bay,
H
I O
G
14,107
38,862
5,364
371,908
:
Taitam,
J
44,556
K
12,774
Hunghom,
L
8,931
Government Civil Hospital,
Bowen Road,
Bowrington,
Albert Road,................
West Point,
Peak Road,
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62 acres,
17,161
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251
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307
147
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547,453 20,135 14,546
1,279
637
17,161 4994 acres.
601,211
Area of New Plantations,..
Area within Old Plantations which have been filled up,
450 acres.
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CHARLES FORd, Superintendent,
Botanical and Afforestation Department.