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grown in Amoy district and intended for export to the United States of America, Honolulu, Canada and the United Kingdom, were examined by this Department.
A total of 1,465,360 bulbs packed in 11,661 cases were ins- pected for dangerous insects and fungoid diseases; only a few small consignments were detained for reconditioning.
SEED COLLECTION.
Seeds of the following trees were collected for departmental use and for exchange. Poinciana regia 35 pounds, Camphor 50 pounds, Tristania conferta 24 pounds, Sterculia lanceolata 7 pounds, Melaleuca Leucadendron 61⁄2 pounds, Callistemon rigidus 13 pounds, Bauhinia variegata 5 pounds, Albizzia Lebbek 3 pounds.
No seeds of Pinus Massoniana are now collected locally, as it has been found that they can be purchased from Pok Lo a price working out at considerably less than cost of collection in Hongkong.
EXCHANGE OF SEEDS, ETC.
The Department is indebted to the following donors of seeds, plants &c:-The Director, Melbourne Botanic Gardens, Victoria, Australia; Curator, Lloyd Botanic Garden, Darjeeling, India; Dr. P. J. S. Cramer (Director, General Experiment Station, Buitenzorg, Java); Captain H. J. Case of S.S. "Suncliff" and Messrs. H. Humphreys; A. E. Hodgins; R. Stuart Cope (France) and K. J. Back (Australia).
The following were the principal recipients:-Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Melbourne Botanic Gardens, Victoria, Australia; Depar.ment of Agriculture, Territory of New Guinea; Horticultural Section, El Giza (Mudiriya), Egypt; Superintendent, Government Botanic Gardens, Bangalore, India; The Acting Agriculturist, Kuala Lumpur, F.M.S.; Professor H. H. Chung, Department of Botany, Amoy; Dr. P. J. S. Cramer (Director, General Experiment Station, Buitenzorg, Java); The Little Sisters of the Poor, Kowloon; The Superioress, Italian Convent; Sir Robert Ho Tung; His Honour Mr. Justice Gompertz; Shaukiwan and Bay View Police Stations; Quarry Bay School; Pok Ngoi Hospital, N.T.; Un Long School, N.T.: Canton Teachers College, Canton; Dr. F. Kew; and Messrs. Chas. Button (Essex, England); Roger Nason Orlands, U.S.A.); R. Stuart Cope (France); L. S. L. Fraser (Victoria, Australia): D. J. Fullaway (Honolulu); W. H. Harrison (Pusa, India) George Wright (Australia); Hans Guyot (Seville, Espagne); P Baker; W. J. Kerr; Ho Kam Tong; S. M. Westlake; H. P. Winslow; L. Gibbs; H. B. L. Dowbiggin and H. Humphreys.