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Natural regeneration has been so good in this area that it will not be necessary for replanting to be done.
The trees on several Farm Lots leased by the Dairy Farm Company were cut down to enable the ground to be used for the cultivation of guinea grass.
Fellings took place also on several lots which had been sold for building purposes.
Planting and Care of Roadside Trees:- One thousand three hundred and eighty-nine trees and shrubs were planted alongside roads or in the vicinity of roads in Hongkong and Kowloon.
The principal roads planted were Pokfulam, Aberdeen, Victoria, Little Hongkong, Deepwater Bay, and Broadwood.
The shrubs planted near Aberdeen and Deepwater Bay were enclosed within barbed wire fences and notices in English, Chinese and Hindustani were posted up warning persons against allowing goats and cattle to damage them.
Nevertheless on several occasions goats were found damaging the shrubs and the owners were convicted and fined at the Police Court.
A lot of wanton damage was done to young Poinciana trees along Victoria Road but although Forest Guards were put on to watch for the offenders no arrests were made.
The trees were afterwards protected with pig baskets which have apparently served their purpose as no further damage has been done for some time.
Four hundred and seventy-four plants of Ficus repens were put in at the foot of the cuttings of the Deepwater Bay new road.
Tree branches interfering with telephone wires or obstructing the light of street lamps were cut off.
Five large Banian trees were transplanted in the Wongneichong Road owing to a new alignment of the footpath.
Many of the young trees in the Kowloon roads were damaged by goats belonging to Indian members of the Police force and other persons.
The Honourable the Captain Superintendent of Police dealt with the Indian Police cases and the Police Magistrate with the others when the owners of the goats were discovered.
In several places large Banian trees had to be cut down to enable new houses to be erected.
Chinese Permanent Cemetery, Aberdeen.- At the request of the Honourable the Secretary for Chinese Affairs and other members of the Committee this Department undertook the planting of trees and shrubs in this cemetery.
All expenses were paid for by the Cemetery Committee.
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Natural regeneration has been so good in this area that it will not be necessary for replanting to be done.
The trees on several Farm Lots leased by the Dairy Farm Company were cut down to enable the ground to be used for the cultivation of guinea grass.
Fellings took place also on several lots which had been sold for building purposes.
Planting and Care of Roadside Trees:-One thousand three hundred and eighty-nine trees and shrubs were planted alongside roads or in the vicinity of roads in Hongkong and Kowloon.
The principal roads planted were Pokfulam, Aberdeen, Victoria, Little Hongkong, Deepwater Bay, and Broadwood.
The shrubs planted near Aberdeen and Deepwater Bay were enclosed within barbed wire fences and notices in English, Chinese and Hindustani were posted up warning persons against allowing goats and cattle to damage them.
Nevertheless on several occasions goats were found damaging the shrubs and the owners were convicted and fined at the Police Court.
A lot of wanton damage was done to young Poinciana trees along Victoria Road but although Forest Guards were put on to watch for the offenders no arrests were made.
The trees were afterwards protected with pig baskets which have apparently served their purpose as no further damage has been done for some time.
Four hundred and seventy-four plants of Ficus repens were put in at the foot of the cuttings of the Deepwater Bay new road.
Tree branches interfering with telephone wires or obstructing the light of street lamps were cut off.
Five large Banian trees were transplanted in the Wongneichong Road owing to a new alignment of the footpath.
Many of the young trees in the Kowloon roads were damaged by goats belonging to Indian members of the Police force and other
persons.
The Honourable the Captain Superintendent of Police dealt with the Indian Police cases and the Police Magistrate with the others when the owners of the goats were discovered.
In several places large Banian trees had to be cut down to enable new houses to be erected.
Chinese Permanent Cemetery, Aberdeen.-At the request of the Honourable the Secretary for Chinese Affairs and other members of the Committee this Department undertook the planting of trees and shrubs in this cemetery.
All expenses were paid for by the Cemetery Committee.
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