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Ford's altered and disguised here and there to avoid exposure.
0. But the extent to which the food is determined to have, and the publisher side by side the false list and the true list. So in the same paragraph the writer states some of the list were altered in his ... probably changed by "accidentally" clearly implying that there was some tampering with figures.
I desire to correct, by a brief explanation, whatever false impression it may convey.
Having for many years taken deep interest in the study and science of forestry, being impressed with the sanitary advantage it would be to plant Hong Kong's hills with trees if possible, I addressed the present Governor some months after His Excellency's arrival in the Colony, the report which is adjoined (Appendix D) and to which I refers. The materials for that report were not borrowed from Mr Ford's previous writings because study and practical observation had made me familiar enough with matters upon the subject, and because on afforestation Mr Ford would not be an authority from whom I would quote, however much I might be disposed to defer to his abilities as a gardener.
The list of ... in my Report is simply a compilation of the returns prepared by the officers in personal charge of this particular branch of Department. I had the Superintendent Mr Ford's returns up...
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