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(c.)--FISHERIES.
A considerable proportion of the boat population of Hongkong supports itself by deep-sea fishing, in which pursuit a large number of junks are engaged. The villages of Aberdeen, Stanley, Shankiw-an, and also many in the New Territories, are largely dependent upon this industry for their prosperity. Fresh water fish is imported from Canton and the West River. There are oyster beds of considerable value in Deep Bay.
(d)--FORESTRY, Agriculture, and BOTANY.
Formation of Pine tree plantations.
Seeds of Pinus Massoniana were sown in situ in the following places, sixty-three pounds of seed being used :- 50,000 near the new Shek O Motor Road, 3,077 on Cheung Chau Island and 50,000 at Quarry Bay.
230 pounds of seed were also sown broadcast on the grassy banks below Shek O Road, Tsun Wan Road and between Shatin and Taipo Roads.
In Plantation 7C below the Matilda Hospital, Mount Kellet, where hill fires had taken place, 250 pounds of pine seed were used for resowing purposes, and in other plantations 50 and 5D at Repulse Bay 213 pounds were similarly used.
Broad-leaved trees planted.
The principal trees used for roadside planting consisted of Tristania conferta, Casuarina equisetifolia, Bauhinia Blakeana, Bauhinia variegata, Aleurites triloba, Erythrina indica, Ficus infectoria, Melaleuca Leucadendron, Crataev: religiosa, Paulownia Fortunei, Poinciana regia, Cassia fistula and Cinnamomum Camphora, which were used in the following places, Stubbs Road 192, Conduit Road 4, Broadwood Road 32, Shek O Road 101, Repulse Bay Road 5, Pokfulam Road 8, Magazine Gap Road 17, Wong-Nei-Chong Gap Road 10, Salisbury Road (Kowloon) 30, Nam Chong Street (Shumshuipo) 90, Taipo Road (N. T.) 59, Lok Ma Chau Road (N. T.) 153 and Shatin Road (N. T.) 13.