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Sir Chen Tung.
CHINESE MINISTER TO GERMANY.
PASSING THROUGH HONGKONG..
REBON MAKILALANG
18th lost.
Sir Chen Tuog Liang Cheng, Chinese Mig- Inter-designate to Germany, left Shanghai on 15th lost, for Hongkong and Canton, en route to Gamany, and arrived in the Colony this afteracon. His Excellency will visit the Sou- tham capital before resuming his journey for Europe. Sir Chop has held two important ambassadorial appointments: the first at Wash- Ington and the next in London. On bisʼratora. to China be was appointed president of the Canton Hankew Rallway Co.from which pasi tion ho maigned last year. He has since bead the victim of several virulent diatribes directed against him by irresponsible fodividuals in Canton, who went to the length of protesting to Peking against His Excellency's departure for Berlin.
Sir Chan in about forty-nine years of age, and was one of the large number of young China men who were sent to the United States in and aftor 1872 to study American methods and laws He was educated in America and is a graduate of Yale University.. Some years ago he carved as interpreter when Li Rung Chang was minis. ter to London. Later he was secretary of a spacial mission to Japan; and when the Jubilee of Queen Victoria was celebrated ho filled a similar position in the embassy which went to London. "He was knighted on this occasion. Chen was a member of the party sent to Ger many, in 1931, to make apologies for the mur. der of Baron von Ketteler, and was secretory of the, Chinese Embassy to the coronation of the late King Edward In 1902 Sir Chen was appointed Chicore Minister to Washington; the appointment was due, it is said, to his know ledge of the United States and his education on the lines that made Wu Ting Fang a valuable representative of China in the United States. The Cleveland Leader speaks of the Dew minister as follows just before his arrival at the U.S. capital.
Liang Chen Tung, the new Chinese minis tar to the United States, can never take the place walch Wa Ting Fang, has won in the interest and good-will of the American people. The now minister is too American himself for any such charm of Dovelty and humour as the bright and busy - Wu long since surrounded himself with by ble speeches, bis interviews, and bis unflagging interest in the ways and ideas of the
nation to which he was sent as the representa. tive of the oldest and must unchanging civiliza tlos of the world.
"But a Chinese graduate of Yale ought to be
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY MAY 21 1910
BOTANIC GARDENS,
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, FOR:1909.)
19th, inst The report of the Superintendent, Botanical and Forestry Department (Mr. W. J. Tucher) for last year, was laid before the Logislatuer Council tbls afternoon.... · It states in part :=-
BOTANIC GARDENS.
With the exception of the month of October, the year on the whole was a very favourable one for gardening. The, rainfall for Octob-r there was a gals of considerable force on the was the greatest on record, and, in addition 19th of the month.
The Superintendent also presented 16 books,
At Kang Hau Nursery there are saveral mostly botanical,ts the Library, many of which kinds of economic plants in the experimecital .WETA in several volumus SERCA DA Stage. These include Aleurites Ferdit, Sisal The Bureau of Science, Maulla, presented | Hemp and Tea Oil, but none of them at pres 478 Philippine plants, Professor: Sargent of sant show promise of being of any practical Harvard. Uiversity 233 plasts from Kwaugai, value. The cost of the upkeep of the suraerice and the Assistant Superintendent 1,500 plants is shown in Table IV. 20 from Central China, to the Herbarium.
During the your a list of the active plants of Hongkong, the New Territories and Kwang tung Province has been drawn up with a key to the orders, general and species, and is now nearly compiste.
Mrs. Gibbs, whose recent untimely death wa local plants to the Herbarium and Captain save to deplore, pressoted many specimens of Hodgins of the ss. Haiyang presented anveral specimens collected principally at Foochow........
The list of additions to the Flora of Hong- kong and the New Territories is given in a supplement,
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FORESTRY.
For many years endeavours have been made, with little success, to fiwer Sweet Peas al- though at Kowloon and at West Point, places which get much more sunshine that the Botanic Gardens, the resells bave been more satisfactory, This year, seeds ir m Australis, A.Demarcation-Letters and numbers presented by Mrs. Rowe, flowered freely in were painted at their proper places, for the April, and ware better than naything previous-assistance of the Forest Guards, in the vicinity ly obtained in the Gardens. It is very pleasing of Victoria (Blocks 1 & 2), at Little Hongkong to be able to record a still greater success, A (Block 5), at Aberdeen (Block 6) and at Pektu fa reeds of an early flowering variety were jam (Block 7.) obtained from Messrs. Sutton and Sons and were sown on the 18th October, and the plants were ie full flower on the 30th December.
Theid was no exceedingly fine show of 'Gladi in both the Old and New Gardens in May, and Gloxinias made a brilliant display in the No. 3 house in Juun, In the same house sather in the year Primate obzoniza was very attractive.
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The old double towered Daffodil, bulbs of which were presented to the Gardens by Mr. J. Bartos, flowered well on the bask above the Grevillea walk in the Old Garden
A very pretty addition to nus winter flower- ing plants was made in Afonockorma riparium, small shrub with panicles of small white flowers which are produced in large qual titien. The plant is easily grown, and is sure to be come a general favourite.
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An addition to legal vegetables was made by the Tiger Bean, knows botanically as Aucun xiver. Besides being useful as a vegetable cooked in the same way as French Beans, it is of great interest botanically. It was first, da scribed by Roxburgh, in his Flora ludica in 1833 fem cultivated plants at Calcutta, Hitherto the plaat was not known by Euro botanical works ceoluries ago. The seeds poans in China, but it was described in Chinese from which the plants were raised, were pie: sented to the Gardens by one of the gardeners who brought them back from his native village to his knowledge for the last forty years, ju Kwangiung, where he says it has been grow The flower and vegetable show of the Hong Gardees on the 16th of February, and was great success borticulturally, but financial se ults were greatly marred by the wet weather.
The sale of plants by the Department having been stopped, surplus plants remaining over at the end of the previous year, instead of being members of the Horticultural Society, as it was thrown away, were distributed, without pols, to found that they would produce scarcely any thing if said by auction,"
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POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
LAST YEAR'S REPORT. Mr. C. Mcl. Messer's report on the Post
Office Department for last year is as follows:
STAFF,
F.
Louca mpie ibtough, the ordinary post than wars farmerly the case, -- The value of stamps sold at this Branch amounted to S105.597.50) com pared with 573,174.10 in the previous year.
MISCELLANEOUS"
The Cath on Delivery system, as applied to parcala, was started between Hongkong and L-FORESTRY SERVICE FATUS.
1. Mr. W. J. Sally, Postmaster at Shanghai, the United Kingdom, and the Straits Sutting Peak, Read to Hatton Road, from Peak Road November. Mr. G. G. Barnett, Benior Clark to pay for goods sent by parcel post at the time of Faths were made during the year from the returned from leave and resumed duty on aandments. By this system a person is enabled to to Magazine Gap Road, from Magazine Gip the Hongkong Office, was granted leave from receipt, the Post Office collecting a small fee: Road to Wanchal Gap Road, from Wanchai1th May. Mr. R. J. Savage, Superintendent of in addition to the sam paid aver in the sender. Gap Road to Wongaelchung Road and from Malls, returned from leave and insumed duty on Wanchal-Aberdeen Road to Wongueichung- 29th func
14. A parcel post agreement was entered into
greatly facilitate the work of the Forest Guards
with the Chinese Imperial Post Office which, Little Hongkong Road. Although there pathe 2. Among the remainder of the staff there came into force on October 1st.E
were twelve resignations and appointments at they have, also, unfortunately been of great Hangkongi sad one resignation and appolat
ment at Shanghai Office,"
assistance to fool stealers.
New Forestry Servicë Paths.
Description of Paths.
From
Peak Road, Peak Road Magarine Gap Hd. Watchini Cap Rd, Wanchai Aberdeen
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Length: Alle
To
Hatten Rand,. Magarina Cap Re Wanchal Gap Rd.) Wournekchung
Hord, Wongnelchung
Little Hong- kang kadr
Cost of Con. struction.
5 1/3
78.04 0.01 96.33 111.16
44/5
$FO
Total....10 119/490 #920.1#
Level lines were marked out at Shing Mon (Blecka) for plastine purposes," B-FORMATION OF PINE TRIE PLANTATIONS. An aron of about 300 acres in the Harbour Belt was town (in sites) to the eastward of the plantations laimed in 1908, and the failures in last year's plantations in this neighbourhood, in the catchment areas of the Kowloon and Tytam Reservoirs, and in the felled areas of
The cost of keeping in impair the old paths Mt. Kelle and Aberdeen were made good.
was $176.80. The heavy rainstorms which Fifty pounds of plus seeds were now broadcast frequently occur here will render it necessary in the Shing Man Vailey. In all 389,2gn pitstopad en annual rum.co.this item. ~wero-town or planted at a cost of $3,281,
K-CLEARING UNDERGROWTH AROUND
C-CARE OF TREES IN PLANTATIONS. Large quantities of undergrowth were given to the villagers in Hongkong and Kowloon in return for work done by them for the Dapart? ment. The work done by the villagers was of various kinds, such as cleaning fra barriers, digging pits for sowing seeds, path making and cord maklog. In all 27,216 loads, of about to Catties each, were disposed of in this way, and taking the value of a land at 6 cents, (the vill- agera had to cavit themselves under the super- vision of Foresters), it was a saving to the Gov- growth was inken out of the following planta- erament of about $1,700 in cash. The under Tone-Victoria (1), Wongacichung (2), Shau kiwan (3), Little Hongkong ($), Aberdeen (6), Pokfulam (7), Mongkok (8), Taipo Road (c) and Kowloon Reistvois (is). In the two latter blocks pietree branches were given as no undergrowth was available. The villages which participated in this work were Aberdeen, Aplichau, Little Hongkong, Mongkek, Pokfulam, Sbaukiwan paying for work canoot be carried on inde finitely as the undergrowth in the plantations tection, and its removal will also lower the is the result of many years' growth and pro- price of future Leaders for tree felting.
"HOUSES.
The clearing of brushwood around houses, to the extent of a million and a half aquae fest, was carried out at Shankiwan, Bonbam Road, Kennedy Town Babinton Path, Conduit Road, Kennedy Road and Bowen Road at the expense of the Government in connection with the crusade against mosquitoes and malaria. A clearing of 100,000 sq. ft. was also done at the expouse of private individuale at the Peak, Bowen Road and Wongneichung.
As showing the futility of this work as long only decessary to state that after the brushwood as breeding places for mosquitoes remain, it is had been cleared in one of the districts where malaria was rife o tio was found nearly fall of pheles and Culex larvae in the garden, of, water and containing large quantities of Apo- and close to, one of the houses whose lomates were suffering severely from malaris,....
FORESTRY LICENCES, NEW TERRITORIES,'
MAILS.
3. The number of mail bags and packets dealt with in the General Post Office, Hong. kong, amounted 10 209,109 an increase of 4,820 compared with the previous year, s
REGISTRATION AND PARCEL BRANCII.
4. Registered articles and parcels handled in Hongkong amounted to gets an incrasia of 145,688, compared with the previdos Fear.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. ·
5. A statement of revenue and expanditura it given in Table III. Revanne amounted to $444,046.48 showing an increase of $31,614,98, being due to increase of business. The expen diture amounted to $310,729.99 being an in- crosse of $130,243 82 on the expenditure of the previous year. This proportionately larga.in crease in expenditure was dup to the following reasons—to the year 1988 only thren of the quarterly payments of the contributing towardy the absidy to the Posinsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company for the carriage of malls were paid, white-dering the year under review the quarterly payment in arrear together with the full yearly payment were made. Of the payments under thirhead of expen- diture $31.596.63 was in respect of the year show an increase of 571975.10, due largely 1998. Other Mail Transit payments also
to the payments made to China, Japan pad. Russia for the carriage of mails despatched statistics were taken for transit payments on by the trans-Siberian Railway, Since the last account of mails despatched by this route, the eight of mails despatched, especially from batter service, and in consequence after the Hongkong, has greatly increased, owing to a next' statistics have been taken in the year 1911 these payments will be still more jncreased.
a notable force for good in the relailons of this song Horticultural Society was held in the Tai Haog and Wongreichung. This method of Officer at Taipo for the Northern District, and last ten years. Table VILshows the amounts
rapublic and the ancient empire he will repre- sent. He should speak for the best nad most progressive elements of the Chinese nation and all his inflarnce upon his own people and Government should be no the side of advanced civilization and the must sensible and friendly relations with the Occidental Pawers which must loevitably play a guest part in shaping the development of the Chinese empire during a critical period of its life.
"The very faci that a man an trained and so long in touch with progressive forces and institutions is sent to Washington to represent, the court of Peking ought to be accepted as fresh evidence that the imperial Government of China has set its face toward better things than the autworn institutions and methods" of the past, and is determined to make the most of whatever opportunities may be found for make ing sure of the friendship and help of the great Western Power which has the least selfish and most gebuise interest in the progress and good fortune of the Chinese empire as an independ ont late.
"The new minister of China will be himself
• very hopeful sign of the times for his country: Wu Ting Fang has been an excellent repre
ntative of the best elements in the national life of Chian, but his successor should be still more Belpful to his Government and his people,"
DECOYING A CHILD.
A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD YOUTH WHO WAS SEIZED WITH THE GLAMOUR
OF STAGE LIFE.
19th lost.
The scheme in the proposed tramway through the New Garden baving been dropped, very necessary repairs to the Inwer walk were taken in hand. The old chupam was taken up and replaced with cement and disintegrated granite.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE GROUNDS.
The construction of the new staircase to the Ball-rop accessitated the removal of n small shrubbery on the north side of the ground. Any shrubs which were worth having were travapinoted elsewhere.
1 be lawus on the north sida, of the house were relaid as they had become very useven. |·· Caterpillars were' again troublesome in the Autumn on the tennis ground, but were kept under by applications of Jeyes' Fluid and water.
BLAKE GARDEN.
The vacancies caused by the trees which were blown down in the previous years were planted up with young trees, and the turf which was dania, ged by, cockchafers was partly renewed, and pasty replaced with blus grass., (Ophiopogon), PEAK GARDEN.
An extension was begun by continuing the old culvert a distance of 115 feet, but it was not possible to do any levelling.
WEST END PARK.
Several trees were planted and the park kept lin as tidy a condition as funds would' allow,
KING'S PARK.
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Planting was commenced by putting in up. wards of 400 trees of various kinds, but it is to be regretted that several of there were after- wards stoleo by persons unknown.
COLONIAL CEMETERY,
ROADSIDE BANKS.
D-PROTECTION FROM FIRE,
Old fire harriers were cleaned to the extent of 118,905 feet at a cost of 10,116 loads of brush. wood and $41,80 in cash, New barriors, 17914 feet were made nt Tytam and in the Harbour Belt at a cost of 644 loads of brush wood and £92.61 in caso. Fifty-seven fires where 56 acres were burat. were reported, the largest occurring in 6B
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E. FOREST GUARDS' SERVICE,. There were more reports of pine tree and brushwood stealing during the year and more co victions than in the previous year. Not withstanding the amount of brushwood, given to the various pages for work done, in every case, with the exception of Aberdeen and Wongreichung, the reports of fuel stealing have nearly doubled, and for Pokfulam they have more than trebled.
During the year An Ordinance was passed amending the Malicious Damage Ordinance of 1865. This will enable the Department to deal with the destruction of trees near villages, when the damage may be reasonably supposed to be the action of residents of the village where sach destruction has taken place.
Une fuel, stealer was banished, on a second cocviction, for the unlawful removal of treen from a Goverement fantation. With regar to the agreements made with the occupants of matsheds mentioned in last year's report, a sum of $30 was received for damage done to teen withie a radius of 500 yards from such
marabeda,
„F-REVENUE FELLING,
These fees are now collected by the District by the Assistant Land Officer in Hongkong for for the year as forcised by them was $4.890.59: the Southern District. The total um collected
ing the year, and and of the conditions now is that trees may not be cut within 50 yards of a village or within 50 yards of such main roads as aró specified in the licence.
The terms of these licences were altered dur
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Aleurites Fordii could be used locally as a Professor Dunstan reported that the bark of
6. Table IV shows a comparative statement of the sale of postage stamps at the various British Postal Agencies in China for the years 1958 and 1909. Tablo V shows the number of stamps of different denominations issued for sale during statement of Revenue and Expenditure for the the years 1908 and 1909" Table VI shows ä
payable yearly by and in Hongkong for the years based on the statistics taken during the first. 1908 to 1913, incinsive, for the transit of mails, twenty-eight days of November, 1907, in accord mace with the provisions of the Universal Postal Union Convention of Rome. Table VIII shows the amounts payable yearly by Hongkong, for the period from the 1st of October, 1907, to the
the trans-Siberian Railway, based on the statis 31st December, 1999, for transit of mails sent from the British Post Offices in North China by ties taken during the first twenty night days of May, 1908. 12.
MONEY ORDERS.
ing 1908, nggregating about £16,000 loss than The slump in money order transactions dur. during 1937, was arrested in 1900 in which year business began to recover its vitality resulting In an increase of £6,000 over that of 1ges. The sale of British and Local, Postal Orders also in creased by £4,000 and $1,000 respectively, but the Payment of British Postal Orders showed a small dimination of £500,
DEAD LITTERS,'
intended to be registered or seat by parcel 15. One hundred and eighty-five articles post, were found la the drop box of the General. Post Office during the year. They were for warded in the manner latended Thirteen hun "ed inquiries were received for registered" Aid and parcies, of the above" number all but four ware proved to bave been dely dallvér. ed to their rightful owners. Three were found to have been lost when in the custody of. parcel, in the Shanghai British Post Office. Foreign Postal Adminstrations, and one, a
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KÓZA TINGGI RÜBBER,
STATUTORY MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS.
INCREASING QUTPUT REPORTED...
The statutory-menting of the Kota Tinggi- (fobore) Rubber Company, Limited, was beld at Moorgate Station Chambers, E. O, Mr. H. W. Renuis presiding. The notice conven ing the meeting having been read,
The chairmao, said he was prosiding on this occasion because the chairman bimself, Mr. L. Byron Paters, together with Mr. circular tour in the East, Various reports Hewitt, was viriting the property during, a
had been received from them, all of which were ominently satisfactory. Mr. Peters ra firmed the statements made in the prospectus, ported that everything he had seen fully con and no doubt at next meating Both he and the his colleague would be able to present much. time. Yersonally, bo (the chairman) did not faller reports than were available at the present know the "Kota Tinggi property, It was 10 years ago this month that he went out la'the, Malay Siates, and in those days no one there bad the slightest idea that the rubber industry would grow in such an extraordinary way as it - had done in the last two or three years. Shata- holders might take it from him that every rect, and might be expected to be fully-baros statement in the prospectus was absolutely cor-
35,000, 12,500 was the full amount paid for by the results, Of the total nominal capital of
liminary, legal and office expanses, making the the property, and 61,107 represented the pre. total cost of the estate up to the present sime about L13,600. The balance of the nominal capital, when fully issued, would all be spent in - the development of the estate.
FUTHER DEVELOPMENT.
Before Hon. Mr. W. Reas-Davina. K.C., Act-
In October a contract was signed whereby, ing' Chief Justice, at the Chimical Sessions this
the Government agreed to sell 310 acres of morning Chan Shi was indicted on a chage of
pine tree plantations to be felled under the barbouring a 13-year-old child with intent to
Block System. These plantations were situat-tapping agent and would yield feather of fair deprive the parent of the possession of the child
ed at Mt. Davis (7G). Aberdeen (D & E); with a mellower and richer tauning material, quality, especially if employed in admixture and decoying same from the Colony in April
and Tylam (4B &.E). The contract is to extend last: Mr. M W. 8*de, x C., Acting Attorney-
over 3 years and net more than 280 acres or
such as myrabolans, but that the barks of the General, instructed by Mr. H. L. Denny's, S.,
Trees were planted in various places and n less thau 240 acres are to batelled in one year.
other two species were useless as tapping from the Crown Solicitor's office, prosecured,good deal of turfog was done.
All trees within go it, main roads are to be left Penis, f, Prisoner was undefended and entered a plea of
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within 30 ft of main roads are to be left and all 'not guilty.
pine trees under 6 inches in circomference. The first instalment received by the Govern ment in connection with this contract amount. ed to $4,09-167 A system of selling brash- places and the largest of it pay into cards, the wood was cut down by the villagers of different villagers receiving a certain amount of the mail shrubs in return for the work dose by them. The cords were then sold in a contractor at a fixed rate. A sum of 5546.* was received from this source. The total amount received from, felling, including thinning was $6,145.79
COMMERCIAL INVESTIGATIONS. samples of many of which bad already been Lists of the vegetable drags of Hongkong,
With regard to the further daralopment, the forwarded, ware sent to the Director of the
and it was estimated tbas, given fair weather contracts for extension of pleating-had-bovu" placed with our retikule Ohinese contracter, Imperial Institute, London, for a report se to whether any of them contained medicinal or
and a fair supply of labour, about which there toxic qualities, or had economic value. These
was very little doubt, the planting of 400 to lists were submitted by the Director of the
three months from the time the contract was | 500 mora acres should be completed within Imperial Institute to the British Pharmacopoeia
placed, so that by fons next they ought to have Committee of the General Medical Council, the Secretary of which replied that the Com
670 acres fully planted, The estate had bees mites did not feel there were sufficient
self-supporting for about two years past; that indications of the extent of employment of
only been making a profit, but paying for the was to say, the area already in bearing had not individual plants to say which, if any, should merit inclusion in the Colonial Addendum to
cost of any developments which had been the British Pharmacopœla. The Director of the
made on the estate by the vendors, The Imperial Tostitute added that he did not think
output had shown' a gradual increase."'la" any of the plants in the list were likely to yield
B. The total number of articles dealt with in February last year the output was 173. Ibai © products of economic value not already known. the Dead Latter Office at Hoogkong was 'par month, which had increased in July to The Government is greatly indebted to Dr.103,950, made up as follows-Returned to 570 lbs, and ho gathered from reports received Ho Kai for supplying valuable information in Hoogkang from other offices 48,649 and return- that the output had since shown a still further. regard to these drugs, without which the
ed by Hongkong to offices from which, they focrease. It was not proposed at present to originated 54.10. This is an increass of 3.709 make forward contracts, in view of the rising investigations would have taken years complete..
on the total of last year. Of the letters returned prices for rubber. The estimated output men- to, and originating from Hongkong, it was positioned in the prospectus was based noly on the Seeds of Aleurites Fondii, Aleurite cordata, sible to return to the senders 12,991. There wórs Aleurites triloba, Baja hispids, Perilla ecy undeliverable by the General Post Office and
170 acres which bad been paying a profit on moides and barks of the above three species the two Branch Post Offices :-Foróign letters,
the whole estate for some time past and the whale of which would be in bearing by 1913, of Aleariles, as well as several kinds of vegetele, 16,338, Lottery Liters, elc, 13,180 and while some 500 additional acres should be in Imperial Institute for a report as to their com of these are included in the total of those re- the outpot would be enormously increased. As able oils, were also seat.to the Director of the Local Letters, etc, 4.155. The Grat and second bearing somewhere about 1915, when, of course, mercial value and suitability for the English turned by Hongkong to offices of origin, end of to the profits which would be made, share the last mentioned it was possible to return to
holders could estimate those for themselves if the senders 3,107.'*
they could in any way foresee what the price, 9. There were so unregistered letters in which of rubber would be in those days. With re- / were found articles of value:-(viz., silver gard to wild rubber, according to reporte ke had hat-pins, silver chains, purses, &c., &c.) and of the forests in Brazil and other parts of the spoons, leather pocket books, brooch, silver seen, it was reckoned pretty good if, in' some muney (consisting of drafts, bank notes, world, they had one or two trees to the acra, money orders, postal poles, postage stamps, whereas plantation rubber varied from. 130 and coin) to the valus of £28.16.3. Those, to 150 trees to the acre. It was this that n The following are Professor. Dunstan's gene. when possible, were subject to registration and counted for the difference in the cost of work. ral conclusions on the three species;—
returned 10 senders, Two hundred and ing. It had been sold by reliable authorities "The suggestion that the barks of Aleurites Bighteen Chinese letter were found to contain that the cost of producing wild rubber, was serdato and Aleurites Fordii might be examin. Coin (mostly Cash), but with the exception of from 21. qd, par lb.. Os the Kota Tinggi estate ed as tanning materials was made in a letter 63 which contained the sanders' somas and they could produce plantation rubber at: 1st tute to the Suprintendent of the Botanical and dated 21st May, 1909, from the Imperial fonti addresses, and which were compulsorily regis and, possibly, when they got into full swing, et
tered for return to be senderr, the remainderyd or sod. par 15... Forestry Department,at Hongkong as the re-
were destroyed and the contents converted into salt of statements made in German technical Hongkong money and paid into Revenue, journals, that the busk of Aleurites cordata Iwo hundred and forty-five post cards bearing cent. of the world's requirements of rubber, Now, wild rubber produced zome 8o per imitation of postage stamps and addressed to so that if the price fell so low that they could kind of fraud to get a child out of the Colony
the United Kingdom were withdrawn from the not make profits, it meant that 8 per cent. mails, the regulations of that country prohibit of the world's supply would In that case the prisoner was charged with
absolutely cut ing their being forwarded. There were 27 post off. If the price fall the serious crime of decoving a child and har
GRABS CUTTING.
The results new recorded do not bear out cards posted either with no address whatever producing wild rabbar say, 2s. 6d-they the actual cost, of bouring it after it had been taken away from
Casul, Cheng, Szechuen; and 14 wardlays
Considerable discussion has taken place in
these statements, since neither the bark of or savegue and incomplete that they could not could still pay the dividends foreshadowed its father. One thing which was necessary ed to varions British Colonies and Indis,
cases coolaining 70 plaats ench, were despatch the past year in regard to the question of allow-
Aleuritis cordata not that of Aleurites be forwarded. in all cases of that nature was that they
ing villagers to cat grass on the hillsides for || tritada contajos Boough tannin. to made
in the prospectus. With regard to the pre- must be satisfied that there must have been and one case each 16 Manila and Thing. fuel and fodder. It was proposed at first that it "pitable for use o tanning material,
sont prices of rubber properties and "the some sort of a fraud used to get the child tati. As showing how much depends upon
present boom, no one seemed to bave fully licences for specific (areas should be issued to | whilst the amount of tannin present in the bark along. The facts were that the youngster was
treatment of the
on board the villagers, but, on further consideration, it | Aleurites Fordit is small. Of the three barks,
foreseen what had actually taken place, and up-country at the time of the occurrence and ship, and the weather ercountered on was found that the suggested areas were on only that of Aleurites Fordil could be used for
he thought that very few original shareholders prisoner got into communication with him and the voyage, it is boly necessary to say that suitable for 1bs purpose intended as they were lapning, but even this material contains too
in any of the companies were at présent. promised to make him an selor. -- As they all
the seedlings sent to Pretoria, with tranship. nearly all above the 1,000 ft level. It was little taunts to be worth exporting and it would
holding what they originally held... No donke know, the glamour of the stage generally seized ment at Calcutta, and which were nearly three finally decided that the villagers should be al only be suitable for local use.
many of them, like himself, ward simply upon all boys, and in that cate the bay agreed months on the voyage, arrived in good condition owed to cut suficient grass on Crawn lead
It seems unlikely that the present results
regretting lost opporiünities. His own ex to go with the prisoner, as he was promised whilst those shipped to Ceylon suffered severe anywhere outside of Government plantations differ from those previously recorded owing la
planation of the boom was very simple, quite a good salary. The boy was taken on V, although it was stated in the letter of for village needs, but not for the purpose of differences in the ages of the trees yielding the II. The total number of Chipess registered namely, that rubber estates ware valued on too board a boat but, needless to relate, he was acknowledgment of the latter, that the packing sala. · If grass is cut for sale, leases or licences barks. The bree samples of bark forwarded articles delivered by this Branch was 183,805g. low a basis to start with, and that the demand not made as actor. The mau sald in his state-left nothing to he desired.
must be applied for, and the grass must not be from Hongkong wete apparently obtained from of which 119,436 were from America and Canada for raw rabber, owing to the development of 'ment that the bay was not fit to be an acrer,
cut op lands assigned for villaga use.
fairly old trees, and as a rule the percentage of and 64,359 from China and other countries, the electrical industry and of the motor trada as be had a sore foot; but what did he do?" He
tannin in the bark increases with the age of the This shows a decrease as compared with the bad grown so enormously. The fact was did not reture him to bis parest but admitted
tres. It is therefore improbable that the de-year 1968 of 5,185 and an increase of 20,885 as that people had bean boying mbber proper having tried to sell him, because the boy sald
fles at the mere cost of the uncultivated land, be wanted to be sold. The jury must be satis
just as if one bought a gold mine at the price fed that prisoner had promised to make the boy an actor as a lure to take him away from his parent. If they did not think that the pro- Numerous Rose bushes and shrubs wers des miss was made with the object of persuading the boy to get him away from his parent, thenoyed. Pointellias in beds which are nearly their duty was to find him not guilty. The ways festure in the Gardens lo November, were very much damaged and, as they had not whole thing amounted to ibfe—was there some frand on the part of the prisoner by which he time to recover, were mare or less a failure. * persuaded the bay to get away? -
The planting of Battery Path Book was con The jorors were as follows:-Mesars. Ġy Rapp (foreman), D. Macrae, V.. L. dos Reinued, and the Bank hetween Wyodbam Street medios, E, Raymond, J. W. King, L. A. Rore and Ice House Lane was planted with blue
grass and other ornamental plants. and J. C. V. Ribeira,
Mr. Slade in opening said that the only dif. hculty the jury would have in that case was with regard to what defendant said in his state. mant. In order to find a maa gailty of a crime of that mature under their law they must be convinced that the man hud made u è of some.
Evidence baving been called, sentence of chron years' hard labour was passed.
CHINESE reports say that the Anti-Opium Commissioners have decided to Institute a Government monopoly for prepared opium in the 7th moop, this year, and that private traffic of the ding, should then be prohibited. It is Intended to prohibit its import entirely in six vaata from now, and the British Goremment Il be approached on the subject. One report says that the import will be reppressed in the
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between Upper Albert Road and Garden Road was planted with several species of palms.
Dr. E. A. Voreizstb, the Consul for Ger many, presented several showy South American orchids to the Gardens in exchange for others, A large number of seedlings of the Coffin raised in the Albany Nursery from seeds sup. Wood tree, Mechilus Nonmu, Hemsl, were
plied in the Automa rgeß by the British
the
cat ar
THE GALE OF OCTOBER 19TH. Although the destruction of large trees was” small, very considerable damage was: done to shrubs in the various gardous and grottode,
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BOTANIC GARDENS;
Four small trees including Daulínia Blakeans were blown down but were afterwards raised.
STREET TREES, Upwards oligo young trees id, Hongkong and Kowloon were blown over but were after. wards raised, but few big trees were blown down and killed. The Bamboos planted along the Peak Road suffered severaly,"
HERBARIUM,
G, PLANTING AND CARE DI
ROADSIDE TREES... No new planting of street trees was under taken but a considerable number of failures in Hongkong and Kowloon were made, good, Altogether 243 trees were used for this purpose consisting principally of Poinciana and Aleurites. The large number of trees required to be replanted every year shows one of the great difficulties of establishing street avernes in'such a wind-swept place as Hongkong. A sum of $433,49 was spent on the care of street trees during the year,
H.-KURSERIES, aoriculture AND ECONOMIC PLANTING,
nch in tannín. A similar assertion bas recent
ly been made regarding the bark of Aleurites moluccana (Aleurites triloda),
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PILLAR BOXES.
ra. The total number of articles collected during the year from all pillar boxes was 183,151 against 161,933 in 1908, showing an in- Crease of 21,319 on the total of the previona year. New pillar boxes have been erected at ibe-Star- Ferry-Company's wharves and st the Lower Peak Tramway Terminus.
CHINESE BRANCH.
WESTERN BRANCH POST OFFICE,
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HAPPY OMENS.
ciency of tapain in the present specimens is compared with the year 1937, The amount of due to collection at Loo early a stage...
ordinary correspondence dealt with has large- If these samples of various Aleurites backsly increased; the increase being mainly due to of a clay, pit. He thought that before long from Hongkong may be taken as typical and the letter carrier licences being no longer the principal companies would have reached fairly representative of the barks produced by isined dosing the year was 37, 36 renewals, real market value of the properties. Some issued. The number of Postal Hong licences a level which might be locked upon sa iba these treas elsewhere, it would appear that the and one new licence: This number shows & people talked of a slump coming, but it: was a 'statements made regarding their richness in taquin are inaccurato, possibly owing to the decrease of one license compared with the pro- lute previous to talk about slumps when com- examination of poauthenticated material,"
viour' year. The letter carrier licences were
panies were paying 100 per cent, and aso por, abolished at the necessity for such no losger cent,, and there were prospects of even 500 per STAFF.
exists.
cont, and 600 per cent, being paid in dividenda. These, he would polut out, ware/mot paper dividends, but soild caib, and, therefore, the 12. The amount of correspondence sent, be rubber boom was not to be regarded as being tween this Branch Office and Canton was on the same level as the South San babble, or Despatched 667,713 Initars, 7,635 other articles, even the cycle, brom of 1895 and 1896. In 81s,776 letters, 11,401 other articles, and 4,815 shareholders upon being interested as plantars and 10,351 registered articles. Received conclusion, the chairman congratulated the registered articles. These figures show a total and cot speculators, in one of the soundest and Increase of 161,198 compared with the figurer cleanest propositions which; had been placed of the year 1908, in addition to the above upon the market 1189 Hong Packets were despatched to Canton anpillage received. The 'namber of Hong Packets, are diminishing, while the number ordinary letters are increasing, which shows Lumpur addressed to "Masars.
A LETTER". Was recently; rece of
thest the Chingen tre omuling teale commeponds - Ca Belangor Kuala Barnso,
The Superintendent, Mr. S. T. Doon, was absent on vacation leave for o daya boiwOOD' the 6th and 19th April, and from the 23rd October to the end of the year, and the Assistant Superintendent Mr. W. J. Tatcher from the 26th April to 24th May, and from the
Two hundred seedlings of the Coffin Wood. 10. Mochilas Nami, were planted on the billsides, so at Aberdoas, too on the Mt. Kellotath to 1st August. The Superintendent, Mr. S. T. Dann, des and so on the nonh side of A1. Victoria. The cribed a dozen now species of Chinese plants, tree is not likely to be of any economic value in principally from Hongkong and the New Ter-Hongkong judging by the rate of growth of the ritories, jo two papers which wam pablished tran which grow in the Botanic Gardens, where in the Journal of Botangi al comma
the conditions were more favourable than on A collection of plants from Swatow/was made the hillside. This tree was blown down in the by the Superintendent when on short leave your roof by the typhoon and subsequently and presented to the Department; /
· REVENUE.
Details of Revenue are given in Table V♬ The percentage of revenue to expenditure was 2013 as compared with 2366 in the preceding year. A comparative statement of Revenue and Expenditure for the last to years is shown Lin Table VI:
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