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ÅGRICULTURE ETC.
A general exhibit of foreign vegetables was staged at the first Now Territories Agricultural Show which was held at Sheung Shui on November 7th and 8th.
Mom interest is now displayed in the cultivation of bath foreign and native vegetables for local consumption, this je chiefly due to increased motor transport and the communication between the Hong Kong merkets and the New Territories villages which was established during labour troubles and conse- quent shortage of fresh vegetables during 1925.
Inspection of Nursery Stuck.-Eleven consignments of bulbs of Narcissus Tazetta ware inspected during the year, of these tour consignments tots!ling 57,106 bulbs were exported to United States of America and Honolulu; seven consigbunents totalling 177.810 bulbs were exported to Britain and British Colonies.
Sinall consignments of fruits, dried legumes and vegetables were inspected before being exported to the Philippine Islands by local firms.
SEED COLLECTION,
Beeds of the following were collected for local use and for the purpose of exchange, C'ammerina equisctifolia, Cunninghamia sinemaia, Glyptostrobay heterophyllus, Lucaena glauca, Bauhinia variegata, Cassia fistula, Tristania conferta, Sterculia lanceolata, Fica relusa, Callistemon lanceolata, Gazcinia oblongifolia. Melia Azedarach, Callistamon rigidus, Cinnamomum Camiphora, Poinciana regia, Aleurites Fordii, Aleurites montana, Aleurites triloba, Acacia pennata and Pinne Massoniana.
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The Departinent is indebted to the following donors of seeds, plants &c. The Curator. Lloyd Botanic Garden. Darjeeling; Director of Agriculture, Peradeniya; Superintendent, La Mortola, Ventimiglia, Italy; Director, Forestry Departinent, Sandakan; Botante Gardens, Glasgow Burenu_of_Forcetry, Manila; Horto Botanico Tergestino, Triesta, Italy; Dr. A Goodersen (New York); Professor J Baline (Mexico); Lt. Colonel E. D. Matthown; Mrs. H. M. Dyce and Messrs. J. F. Growe; C. H. Blason: M. J. Quist (Consul-flenerid for the Netherlandsj; W. Dixson (Sydney); R. A. Nicholson, W. W. Hornell, and G. G. Nelson."
Director.
The following were the principal recipients, Imperial Institute, England; Department of Agriculture. Porudeniya; Ministry of Agriculture, Horticultural Section, (iisa (Mudiriya), Egypt: Royal Botanic Gardona, Kew: Senor Matheus d'Andrade (Azores); Sir Edward Stubbs (Fannica):
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Director of Agriculture, Cape St. Mary, Colony of Gambia; Brother Barry Benedict; Secretary, Royal Hong Kong Golf Club; Father U. Galbiati; Lt. Colonel E. D. Matthewa; Rev. W. W Rogers; Conservator of Forests, Medan Sumatra, and Messrs. M. J. Quist (Consul-Generel for the New flande); H. G. Keith (Sandakun); F. G. Walsingham (U.S.); DM. Damle (India); W. Y. Chun; R. H. Cambage (Austria); K. A. Nicholson; D. Chun: R. H. Cambage (Australis); R. A. Nicholson; D. Wilson; F. A. McClura (Canton): B. N. Parker (Judia); Chan Yuk Bang: W. Gendwirk (Jamaica) and H. D. Mclaren (N Wales).
Revenue and EXPENDITURE,
Statements of the Bavenue collected by the Department and comparison of Revenue and Expenditure are given in Tables III and IV.
STAFF
The Assistant Superintendent Mr. G. B. Twemlow proceed. ed on leave on April 2nd until the end of the year,
29th February, 1929.
H. GREEN,
Superintendent.
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