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SEED COLLECTION.
42. Seeds of the following species were collected for local use and for the purpose of exchange:- Albizzia Lebbek Benth., Artocarpus hypargyraea Hance, Atalantia Hindsii Oliv., Bauhinia glauca Wall, Bauhinia variegata L., Biota orientalis Endl., Bombax malabaricum DC., Callistemon rigidus R. Br., Camellia hongkongensis Seem, Cassia glauca Lam., Cassia fistula L., Casuarina equisetifolia L., Celtis sinensis Pers., Cunninghamia sinensis R. Br., Delonix regia Rafin., Diospyros Morrisiana Hance, Ficus retusa L., Garcinia oblongifolia Champ., Glyptostrobus heterophyllus Endl., Grevillea robusta A. Cunn., Hibiscus Abelmoschus L., Iris speculatrix Hance, Leucaena glauca Benth., Melaleuca leucadendron L., Paulownia Fortunei Hemsl., Quercus cornea Lour., Quercus Edithae Skan, Quercus Harlandi Hance, Quercus salicina Bl., Rhodoleia Championi Hook., Sapium sebiferum Roxb., Sapium discolor Muell-Arg., Strychnos angustiflora Benth., Strychnos paniculata Champ., Strophanthus divergens R. Grah., Tristania conferta R. Br.
EXCHANGE OF SEEDS.
43. The Department is indebted to the following donors of seeds, plants etc.:- India: The Superintendent, Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta; New Zealand: The Curator, Botanic Gardens, Christchurch; R.O. Dalrymple; Australia: W. Dixson, Sydney, H. J. Ludowici, Sydney; China: Professor Woon-yung Chun, Canton; Japan: The Director, Botanic Garden, Taihoku, Formosa; Local: Lady Northcote; Dr. G. A. C. Herklots and Messrs. Andrew Tse, Shau Mayer and Kwok Ping Lau.
44. The following were the principal recipients:- Britain: The Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Australia: The Director of Plant Breeding, Sydney; W. Dixson, Sydney; New Zealand; R. O. Dalrymple; New Guinea: The Director, Department of Agriculture, Rabaul; India: M. K. Sitaram Chetty, Bangalore; U.S.A.: The Superintendent, Atkins Institution of the Arnold Arboretum, Cuba; Mrs. Elice Burr, Overstreet, California; Indo-China: The Director, Jardin Botanique, Saigon; France: Mon. L. Pompoy; U.S.S.R.: The Director of Introduction and Naturalisation, Batum; China: Professor Woon-yung Chun, Canton; Rev. G. L. Russell, Pakhoi; Local: Mrs. E. L. Agazzis, Messrs. A. W. J. Simmons, Andrew Tse and Kwok Ping Lau.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
45. Statements of Revenue and Expenditure of the Department are given in Tables III, IV & V.