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Experiments have been made in planting broad-leaved trees and sowing seeds of shrubs on the bare hills on the southern slopes of the Kowloon range of hills.
In Hongkong and Kowloon shade trees have been renewed where required, and flowering trees have been planted in suitable places. Altogether 800 trees have been used for these purposes.
Trees have been planted alongside the Castle Peak-Shataukok Road to the number of 4,800.
At Aberdeen pine-tree felling under the timber contract has been carried out in two blocks. Seventy acres have been felled east of the Paper Mill and one hundred and forty acres west of the Aberdeen New Road.
Undergrowth to the extent of about 2,950,000 square feet has been cleared at the cost of the Government, 1,000,000 square feet at the cost of the Military Authorities, and 250,000 square feet at the cost of private individuals in connection with the fight against mosquitoes and malaria. About 300,000 square feet of undergrowth have been cleared for the Public Works Department for the purposes of survey.
Several kinds of fodder grass have been experimented with, but nothing has been found equal to the Guinea Grass which is so much grown in the Colony.
The first and second rice-crops were good. Lichis were a good crop and the railway carried some of the crop to Hongkong.
Several samples of vegetable products have been submitted to the Director of Imperial Institute for investigation. His report on the majority of the articles has not yet been received. In a report on tea-seed cake, however, he stated that the article was likely to lead to business, as two firms were satisfied with the price and wished to be put in communication with exporters of the cake.
The Key to the Flora of Hongkong, the New Territories and Kwang-tung Province is now in course of publication. The Editor of the Journal of Botany was unable, at the last minute, to accept it for publication, and it is now being published by the Director of the Royal Gardens at Kew, as an additional series of the Kew Bulletin.
(e.) LAND GRANTS AND GENERAL VALUE OF Land.
The net amount received from sales of Crown Land and pier rights after deducting expenses of sales was $270,005, an increase of $207,319 on the previous year and $149,170 more than the average amount received for the last 5 years. Of this amount $4,741 was received in respect of the sale of various pier sites and extensions to existing piers, $5,899 was received in respect of sales of land in the New Territories and the remainder from sales of new lots of Crown Land.
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Experiments have been made in planting broad-leaved trees and sowing seeds of shrubs on the bare hills on the southern slopes of the Kowloon range of hills.
In Hongkong and Kowloon shade trees have been renewed where required, and flowering trees have been planted in suitable places. Altogether 800 trees have been used for these purposes.
Trees have been planted alongside the Castle Peak-Shataukok Road to the number of 4,800.
At Aberdeen pine-tree felling under the timber contract has been carried out in two blocks. Seventy acres have been felled east of the Paper Mill and one hundred and forty acres west of the Aberdeen New Road.
Undergrowth to the extent of about 2,950,000 square feet has been cleared at the cost of the Government, 1,000,000 square feet at the cost of the Military Authorities, and 250,000 square feet at the cost of private individuals in connection with the fight against mosquitoes and malaria. About 300,000 square feet of undergrowth have been cleared for the Public Works Department for the pur- poses of survey.
Several kinds of fodder grass have been experimented with, but nothing has been found equal to the Guinea Grass which is so much grown in the Colony.
The first and second rice-crops were good. Lichis were a good crop and the railway carried some of the crop to Hongkong.
Several samples of vegetable products have been submitted to the Director of Imperial Institute for investigation. His report on the majority of the articles has not yet been received. In a report on tea-seed cake, however, he stated that the article was likely to lead to business, as two firms were satisfied with the price and wished to be put in communication with exporters of the cake.
The Key to the Flora of Hongkong, the New Territories and Kwang-tung Province is now in course of publication. The Editor of the Journal of Botany was unable, at the last minute, to accept it for publication, and it is now being published by the Director of the Royal Gardens at Kew, as an additional series of the Kew Bulletin.
(e.) LAND GRANTS AND GENERAL VALUE OF Land.
The net amount received from sales of Crown Land and pier rights after deducting expenses of sales was $270,005, an increase of $207,319 on the previous year and #149,170 more than the average amount received for the last 5 years. Of this amount $4,741 was received in respect of the sale of various pier sites and extensions to existing picrs, $5,899 was received in respect of sales of land in the New Territories and the remainder from sales of new lots of Crown
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