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At the request of the District Officer I visited the tea plantation near the Lead Mine Pass in the New Territories to see the process of curing as practised by the grower.
The tea grown at this place has a very bitter flavour which is evidently due to the way in which it is cured.
Suggestions were made as to the best way of reducing the bitterness.
Towards the end of the year the Russian Consul wrote and told me that several Russian sailors had been taken very ill through eating a certain kind of nut which they had found growing wild in Hongkong.
Specimens of the nuts which accompanied the Consul's letter proved to be the fruit of Jatropha Curcas, a tree often found wild near villages in Hongkong.
The tree belongs to the same family as the Castor oil plant and the nuts possess very violent purging properties.
Seeds of Quercus cornea, the Chinese edible acorn, were sent to the Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt, and seeds of Pyrus Calleryana to the Department of Agriculture, Washington, for experimental purposes.
A request was received from the Mauritius Government for 100 lbs. of seed of the Hongkong pine tree and this was collected and despatched.
The first rice crop was good but the second was poor in many places owing to damage caused by insects.
The crop of Litchis was fair and the Peanut crop good.
PRESENTATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT.
The thanks of the Department are due to the following who presented seeds, plants or herbarium specimens:- Director, Botanic Gardens, Ceylon; Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta; Botanic Garden, Singapore; Royal Botanic Garden, Kew; Mr. H. Nehrling, Florida, U.S.A.; Mr. D. Fairchild, U.S.A.; the Hongkong University, Miss Wilkinson, Sergeant Kerr, Captain A. E. Hodgins, Mr. R. Shewan, Mr. H. Humphreys, Mr. P. W. Goldring, Mr. H. P. Winslow, Mr. M. J. D. Stephens, Mr. S. B. C. Ross, and Miss Wallace.
The following were the principal recipients of seeds or plants:- Director of Agriculture, Fiji; Botanic Gardens, Jamaica; the Director, Horticultural Division, Giza Branch, Cairo, Egypt; Economic Botanist, Bangalore, India; the Assistant to the Agricultural Advisor to the Government of India, Bengal; Mr. D. Fairchild, U.S.A.; Commander Myburgh, R.N., Mr. A. E. Irving, Mr. M. J. D. Stephens, Miss Wilkinson, Mr. H. Humphreys, Captain A. E. Hodgins, Miss Wallace, Mr. G. N. Orme, Mr. S. R. Moore, Mr. R. Shewan, Mr. Jas. Walker, and No. 1 Police Station.
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At the request of the District Officer I visited the tea plantation near the Lead Mine Pass in the New Territories to see the process of curing as practised by the grower.
The tea grown at this place has a very bitter flavour which is evidently due to the way in which it is cured.
Suggestions were made as to the best way of reducing the
bitterness.
Towards the end of the year the Russian Consul wrote and told me that several Russian sailors had been taken very ill through eating a certain kind of nut which they had found growing wild in Hongkong.
Specimens of the nuts which accompanied the Consul's letter proved to be the fruit of Jutropha Curcas, a tree often found wild near villages in Hongkong.
The tree belongs to the same family as the Castor oil plant and the nuts possess very violent purging properties.
Seeds of Quercus cornea, the Chinese edible acorn, were sent to the Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt, and seeds of Pyrus Calleryana to the Department of Agriculture, Washington, for experimental purposes.
A request was received from the Mauritius Government for 100 lbs. of seed of the Hongkong pine tree and this was collected and despatched.
The first rice crop was good but the second was poor in many places owing to damage caused by insects.
The crop of Litchis was fair and the Peanut crop good.
PRESENTATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT.
The thanks of the Department are due to the following who presented seeds, plants or herbarium specimens:-Director, Botanic Gardens, Ceylon; Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta ; Botanic Garden, Singapore; Royal Botanic Garden, Kew; Mr. H. Nehrling, Florida, U.S.A.; Mr. D. Fairchild, U.S.A.; the Hongkong University, Miss Wilkinson, Sergeant Kerr, Captain A. E. Hodgins, Mr. R. Shewan, Mr. H. Humphreys, Mr. P. W. Goldring, Mr. H. P. Winslow, Mr. M. J. D. Stephens, Mr. S. B. C. Ross, and Miss Wallace.
The following were the principal recipients of seeds or plants:- Director of Agriculture, Fiji; Botanic Gardens, Jamaica; the Director, Horticultural Division, Giza Branch, Cairo, Egypt; Economic Botanist, Bangalore, India; the Assistant to the Agricul- tural Advisor to the Government of India, Bengal; Mr. D. Fairchild, U.S.A.; Commander Myburgh, R.N., Mr. A. E. Irving, Mr. M. J. D. Stephens, Miss Wilkinson, Mr. H. Humphreys, Captain A. E. Hodgins, Miss Wallace, Mr. G. N. Orme, Mr. S. R. Moore, Mr. R. Shewan, Mr. Jas. Walker, and No. 1 Police Station.
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