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The wet days preceding the Tsing Ming and Chung Yeung festivals prevented the usual number of fires which break out in vicinity of isolated graves and cemeteries.
Fire barriers in plantations, in the vicinity of cemeteries and graves were cleared, the major portion of the work being completed before the end of the year.
A new fire barrier was made at West Bay in order to protect the young plantations which have been established there.
Forest Guards Service. The total number of persons arrested and charged with forestry offences during the year was 355, of these 300 were fined or imprisoned, 26 cautioned, 10 had their bail estreated, 10 were discharged, 6 bound over in personal bonds of $100 each and charges against 3 were withdrawn.
Full particulars of these cases are given in Tables I & II.
Fifteen persons who were convicted of a second and in some cases of a third or fourth forestry offence were banished. A number of the persons so dealt with lived entirely on the proceeds of timber and other thefts and their absence from the Colony has undoubtedly lessened the destruction of mature timber in the older plantations.
Chiefly as a result of penalties inflicted and warnings given in District Officers' Courts the amount of illicit felling of the larger indigenous trees in outlying districts was much less than during the past five years.
Efforts are still being made to stop the cutting of New Year Flower (Enkianthus quinqueflorus) and notices are now posted in all parts of the Colony for some weeks prior to Chinese New Year warning the villagers against destroying this flowering shrub; this and the fact that a plentiful supply is now brought down from Canton has had the effect of lessening the more serious wholesale cuttings but thefts of small quantities in the Wanchai Gap and Tytam districts were again numerous.
A Forest Guard was seriously assaulted by villagers from Chung Pak Long while on duty in the Pine plantations at Fan Ling; the offenders were subsequently arrested and sentenced to terms of imprisonment.
Forestry Service Paths.-One new path leading from Stanley Gap to West Bay was made, all other paths were given such attention as they required.
Forestry Licences, New Territories.-Fees collected during the year amounted to $4,099.70 as against $4,888.74 in 1926.
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The wet days preceding the Tsing Ming and Chung Yeung festivals prevented the usual number of fires which break out in vicinity of isolated graves and cemeteries.
Fire barriers in plantations, in the vicinity of cemeteries and graves were cleared, the major portion of the work being completed before the end of the year.
A new fire barrier was made at West Bay in order to protect the young plantations which have been established there.
Forest Guards Service. The total number of persons arrest- eu and charged with forestry offences during the year was 355, of these 300 were fined or imprisoned, 26 cautioned, 10 had their bail estreated, 10 were discharged, 6 bound over in per- sonal bonds of $100 each and charges against 3 were withdrawn.
Full particulars of these cases are given in Tables I & II.
Fifteen persons who were convicted of a second and in some cases of a third or fourth forestry offence were banished. A number of the persons so dealt with lived entirely on the proceeds of timber and other thefts and their absence from the Colony has undoubtedly lessened the destruction of mature timber in the older plantations.
Chiefly as a result of penalties inflicted and warnings given in District Officers' Courts the amount of illicit felling of the larger indigenous trees in outlying districts was much less than during the past five years.
Efforts are still being made to stop the cutting of New Year Flower (Enkianthus quinqueflorus) and notices are now posted in all parts of the Colony for some weeks prior to Chinese New Year warning the villagers against destroying this flowering shrub; this and the fact that a plentiful supply is now brought down from Canton has had the effect of lessening the more serious wholesale cuttings but thefts of small quantities in the Wanchai Gap and Tytam districts were again numerous.
A Forest Guard was seriously assaulted by villagers from Chung Pak Long while on duty in the Pine plantations at Fan Ling the offenders were subsequently arrested and sentenced to terms of imprisonment.
Forestry Service Paths.-One new path leading from Stanley Gap to West Bay was made, all other paths were given such attention as they required.
Forestry Licences, New Territories.-Fees collected during the year amounted to $4,099.70 as against $4,888.74 in 1926.
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