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work for increasing the productions & consequently The revenue of the New Zemitons of properten
Imanaged.
This enterprise, the Kings Park, the
Herbarium, the Botanic Gardens, the existing Forests of Hongkong and the organisation of a Foresting service for de- veloping the resources of the hew Territory
After
I
would respectfully, anggest require to be considered in their connection with one another tespecially at this time in reference to the appointment of my successor who should be capable of Conducting each exccessfully, which, howeven,
is likely to the on combination difficult to find in one
man, who also should be man of good racial status, as this is portion_ larly required for the Botanical & Afforesta.
tion Department of sorptions as it is situated.
I have the I mom abe,
Tir.
Jom most obedient servant-
Charles Ford.
CA
P.S. I hoped if I had remainded
in stonghong a little longer to have
submitted
scheme of reorganisation
of the departiment in view of the additional work which would fall upon it and to have brought together the different subjects with which it would have to ded tin connection with each
other in such a Manna ∞o a provide
good & economiced plane for their ad_ Ministration, including the conservation of existing trees, the privileges of the nativis in regard to the use of forest lands and the extended planting of trees in the New Territory to provide firewood for them greatly increasing demands of Colony which there is some difficulty in meeting. from the ordinary sources in Chinese
territory & which has consequently doubled in price in
Kew zeam.
CZ