N 6
The cultivation of foreign vegetables, during the winter season, is still on the increase in all parts of the Colony.
Inspection of Nursery Stock and Vegetable Products.— Thirteen consignments containing in all 127,940 bulbs of Narcissus Tazetta were inspected and certified as fit for export to Britain and the United States of America.
One hundred and thirty-four consignments of fresh and preserved vegetable products were inspected and certified as fit for export to the Philippine Islands.
SEED COLLECTION.
Seeds of the following were collected for local use and for the purpose of exchange:-Artocarpus hypargyrea, Liquidambar chinensis, Strychnos angustifolia, Eucalyptus tereticornis, Melaleuca leucadendron, Albizzia Lebbek, Bischofia javanica, Celtis sinensis, Castanospermum australe, Ardisia crispa, Atalantia Hinds, Garcinia oblongifolia, Acacia pennata, Leucaena glauca, Cassia fistula, Sapium sebifera, Sapium discolor, Melia Azedarach, Callistemon rigidus, Cinnamomum Camphora, Aleurites montana, Aleurites triloba, Aleurites Fordii, Pinus Massoniana, Casuarina equisetifolia, Cunninghamia sinensis, Glyptostrobus heterophyllus, Bauhinia variegata, Tristania conferta, Sterculia lanceolata, Ficus retusa and Callistemon lanceolata.
EXCHANGE OF SEEDS, &c.
The Department is indebted to the following donors of seeds, plants etc. --Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Director of Forests, Manila; Director of Agriculture, Bermuda; Conservator of Forests, British North Borneo; Professor W. Y. Chun; Messrs. H. Campbell (Cyprus); H. Humphreys; G. H. Potts, J. F. Grose; P. J. Wester (Manila) and R. C. Ching.
The following were the principal recipients:-Director, Botanical Gardens, Leningrad; Director of Agriculture, Bermuda; Sir Murchison Fletcher; Professor W. Y. Chun; Consulting Forest Engineer, Sydney; Conservator of Forests, British North Borneo; Director, Department of Agriculture, Giza, Egypt; Messrs. H. Humphreys; G. Grossman; J. F. Grose; Knowles A. Ryerson (U.S.A.); C. Woodrow; P. J. Wester (Manila); R. C. Pickering (U.S.A.) and W. Dixson (Australia).
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
Statements of Revenue collected by the Department and comparison of Revenue and Expenditure are given in Tables III and IV.
28th March, 1930.
H. GREEN,
Superintendent.
N 6
The cultivation of foreign vegetables, during the winter sea- son, is still on the increase in all parts of the Colony.
Inspection of Nursery Stock and Vegetable Products.— Thirteen consignments containing in all 127,940 bulbs of Narcissus Tazetta were inspected and certified as fit for export to Britain and the United States of America.
One hundred and thirty-four consignments of fresh and pre- served vegetable products were inspected and certified as fit for export to the Philippine Islands.
SEED COLLECTION.
Seeds of the following were collected for local use and for the purpose of exchange:-Artocarpus hypargyrea, Liquidambar chinensis, Strychnos angustifolia, Eucalyptus tereticornis, Melaleuca leucadendron, Albizzia Lebbek, Bischofia javanica, Celtis sinensis, Castanospermum australe, Ardisia crispa, Atal- antia Hinds, Garcinia oblongifolia, Acacia pennata, Leucaena glauca, Cassia fistula, Sapium sebifera, Sapium discolor, Melia Azedarach, Callistemon rigidus, Cinnamomum Camphora, Aleu- rites montana, Aleurites triloba, Aleurites Fordii, Pinus Mas- soniana, Casuarina equisetifolia, Cunninghamia sinensis, Glypto- strobus heterophyllus, Bauhinia variegata, Tristania conferta, Sterculia lanceolata, Ficus retusa and Callistemon lanceolata.
EXCHANGE OF SEEDS, &c.
The Department is indebted to the following donors of seeds, plants etc. --Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Director of Forests, Manila; Director of Agriculture, Bermuda; Conser- vator of Forests, British North Borneo; Professor W. Y. Chun; Messrs. H. Campbell (Cyprus); H. Humphreys; G. H. Potts, J. F. Grose; P. J. Wester (Manila) and R. C. Ching.
The following were the principal recipients:-Director, Botanical Gardens, Leningrad; Director of Agriculture, Ber- muda; Sir Murchison Fletcher; Professor W. Y. Chun; Consult- ing Forest Engineer, Sydney; Conservator of Forests, British North Borneo; Director, Department of Agriculture, Giza, Egypt; Messrs. H. Humphreys; G. Grossman; J. F. Grose; Knowles A. Ryerson (U.S.A.); C. Woodrow; P. J. Wester (Manila); R. C. Pickering (U.S.A.) and W. Dixson (Australia).
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
Statements of Revenue collected by the Department and comparison of Revenue and Expenditure are given in Tables III and IV.
28th March, 1930.
H. GREEN,
Superintendent.
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