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Two persons were arrested and convicted for committing forestry offences in the park.
Civil Hospital Grounds :-During the typhoons several large Banian trees were blown down in these grounds and killed; other trees and shrubs which suffered less were raised and pruned as required. The bamboo hedge round the Maternity Hospital which was believed to harbour mosquito larvae was removed and replaced with Chrysalidocarpus lutescens. Undergrowth on the banks to the south of the garden, below the Maternity Hospital, was cleared twice during the year. Blue grass and Fan palms (Livistona chinensis) which had been destroyed during the building of the Out Patients block were replaced on completion of the work. row of Chinese palms was planted of the west side of the hard tennis court for screening purposes. Grass caterpillars were found once on the tennis lawns during the year; they were at once treated with a solution of Jeyes fluid and checked. Grass plots and creepers on the walls of the Lunatic Asylum were regularly inspected and kept in good order.
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Colonial Cemetery :-The position of the Cemetery is well protected by the hill at the back and by the Jockey Club premises in front and little damage was therefore done by the high winds during typhoons. The terrible downpour of rain of the 29th and 30th October, did, however, considerable damage. The lower portion near the entrance was completely flooded as the nullah. was inadequate to carry off the immense volume of water and became choked with sand from the hillside above where building operations are being carried out; grass and winter annuals on the lower level were entirely covered with sand and soil and a portion of the wall bordering on the road was knocked down. A large number of trees and palms on graves and those likely to damage headstones have been cut down and removed. Borders of shrub- bery beds were successively planted with summer and winter annuals.
Senior Officers' Quarters, Leighton Hill :-The gardens aud grounds were maintained in good condition throughout the year. The slopes near the approach road were planted with six Bauhinia Blakeana and four Bauhinia variegata.
Indian School Grounds, Sukunpo :-Considerable damage was done to the trees growing in these grounds by the typhoons. Grass lawns, flowering trees and creepers on the cut bank received regular attention during the year.
Subordinate Officers' Quarters, Breezy Point:-The grass area round these quarters was regularly cut and kept in good order.