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Pineapples. The area under pineapples increases slowly but definitely, and a complete check of the ground occupied for pineapple-growing was undertaken during the year.
(g) Cattle. Little or no cattle-rearing for food is done in the Territory. Although under prevailing conditions a certain number of locally-bred animals find their way to the markets, most of the cattle sold in Hong Kong come from Chinese territory. A scheme to rear cattle on the slopes of Tai Mo Shan was mooted, but owing to unfavourable economic conditions did not mature.
(h) Pigs. Pig-breeding flourishes, but always as a side-line, and mostly in conjunction with rice-farming. The good market now obtainable has caused a large increase in the number of pigs bred, but there is no pig-farming on a large scale, mainly because to specialise would, however slightly, raise the cost of production, an important consideration in a competitive market. One or two wealthier breeders have imported English stock, which makes a good cross with the local breed.
(j) Poultry. Poultry-rearing has increased in the main at Pingshan and Castle Peak. Chicken-farming favours the main centres, but is not common, most chickens being imported when a day or two old, and reared in the villages in small numbers. The market for turkeys has produced a limited number of breeders.
Duck-farming is more popular, as the birds are hardier and more easily fed and tended than chickens. Large flocks of ducks are reared on the swamps at Shatin, Taipo, San Tin and Yuen Long.
Special events.--On 1st September the elders of the District gave a dinner at Taipo at which H. E. the Governor was the principal guest. The function was marked by congratulatory speeches on the occasion of His Excellency's birthday, and many expressions of goodwill and esteem.
Transfer of Shing Mun Villagers.--During the year, sites were found to accommodate all the inhabitants of the Shing Mun Valley affected by the first part of the Shing Mun Waterworks Scheme.
25th April, 1927.
J. A. FRASER,
District Officer, North.
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Pineapples. The area under pineapples increases slowly but definitely, and a complete check of the ground cccupied for pineapple-growing was undertaken during the year.
(g) Cattle. Little or no cattle-rearing for food is done in the Territory. Although under prevailing conditions a certain number of locally-bred animals find their way to the markets, most of the cattle sold in Hong Kong come from Chinese territory. A scheme to rear cattle on the slopes of Tai Mo Shan was mooted, but owing to unfavourable economic conditions did not mature.
(h) Pigs. Pig-breeding flourishes, but always as a side- line, and mostly in conjunction with rice-farming. The good market now obtainable has caused a large increase in the number of pigs bred, but there is no pig-farming on a large scale, mainly because to specialise would, however slightly, raise the cost of production, an important consideration in a competitive market. One or two wealthier breeders have imported English stock, which makes a good cross with the local breed.
(j) Poultry. Poultry-rearing has increased in the main at Pingshan and Castle Peak. Chicken-farming favours the main centres, but is not common, most chickens being imported when a day or two old, and reared in the villages in small numbers. The market for turkeys has produced a limited num- ber of breeders.
Duck-farming is more popular, as the birds are hardier and more easily fed and tended than chickens. Large flocks of ducks are reared on the swamps at Shatin, Taipo, San Tin and Yuen Long.
Special events.--On 1st September the elders of the District gave a dinner at Taipo at which H. E. the Governor was the principal guest. The function was marked by congratulatory speeches on the occasion of His Excellency's birthday, and many expressions of goodwill and esteem.
Transfer of Shing Mun Villagers.--During the year, sites were found to accommodate all the inhabitants of the Shing Mun Valley affected by the first part of the Shing Man Waterworks Sch-me.
25th April. 1927.
J. A. FRASER,
District Officer, North.
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