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Taipo Kau Forestry Reserve. The service path was completed during the year and one new fire barrier was constructed.
The swampy areas were planted with Salix babylonica and three varieties of this species; in the upper portion of the reserve small groups of Populus nigra and Populus tomentosa were established. A row of seedling "Moreton Bay Chestnut" (Castanospermum australe) was planted by the side of the new portion of the service path.
Artocarpus integrifolia, raised from seeds sown in situ, were again badly damaged by rodents.
Forest Guards Service.—The year was remarkably free from serious raids on plantations. Heavier penalties are now in force, and the imposition from time to time of more severe sentences appears to have had a salutary effect.
The total number of persons arrested and charged with forestry offences by Forest Guards was 234; of these 219 were fined or imprisoned, 6 received strokes, 5 were cautioned, and 4 discharged. Eight persistent offenders were banished.
The Police Department arrested and charged 256 persons with forestry offences; of these 211 were fined or imprisoned, 3 had bail estreated, and 42 were discharged.
Full particulars of the cases are given in Tables I and II.
Undergrowth Clearing.—Anti-malarial undergrowth clearing was carried out in Hong Kong and the New Territories throughout the year; the total area so dealt with was 3,539,523 square feet.
In connection with surveys, nullah training, and general public improvements, the area cleared amounted to 2,331,365 square feet.
AGRICULTURE, ETC.
The New Territories Agricultural Show was held at Shek Wu Hui on December 27th and 28th; exhibits of native vegetables and general field crops were better than those of the preceding year; in the foreign vegetable division, there were a small number of very good exhibits, but on the whole the exhibits were much poorer in quality than those produced in 1929.
A general exhibit of foreign vegetables, grown in the experimental garden at Sheung Shui, was staged on both days.
The experimental garden was enlarged by the appropriation of a large area of grassland on the east side of the existing cultivated area; the ground was trenched, drained, and generally prepared for the planting of Citrus and other fruits in 1931; a double hedge of Livistona chinensis and Agave horrida was planted along the south boundary.
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Taipo Kau Forestry Reserve. The service path was com- pleted during the year and one new fire barrier was constructed.
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The swampy areas were planted with Salix babylonica and three varieties of this species; in the upper portion of the reserve small groups of Populus nigra and Populus tomentosa established. A row
row of seedling "Moreton Bay Chestnut" (Castanospermum australe) was planted by the side of the new portion of the service path.
Artocarpus integrifolia, raised from seeds sown in situ were again badly damaged by rodents.
Forest Guards Service.-The year was remarkably free from serious raids on plantations. Heavier penalties are now in force, and the imposition from time to time of more severe sentences appears to have had a salutary effect.
The total number of persons arrested and charged with forestry offences by Forest Guards was 234, of these 219 were fined or imprisoned, 6 received strokes, 5 were cautioned and 4 discharged. Eight persistent offenders were banished.
The Police Department arrested and charged 256 persons with forestry offences, of these 211 were fined or imprisoned, 3 had bail estreated and 42 were discharged.
Full particulars of the cases are given in Tables I and II.
Undergrowth Clearing.—Anti-malarial undergrowth clearing was carried out in Hong Kong and the New Territories, throughout the year, the total area so dealt with was 3,539,523 square feet.
In connection with surveys, nullah training and general public improvements, the area cleared amounted to 2,331,365 square feet.
AGRICULTURE, ETC.
The New Territories Agricultural Show was held at Shek Wu Hui on December 27th and 28th; exhibits of native vegetables and general field crops were better than those of the preceding year, in the foreign vegetable division there were a small number of very good exhibits, but on the whole the exhibits were much poorer in quality than those produced in
1929.
A general exhibit of foreign vegetables, grown in the experimental garden at Sheung Shui, was staged on both days.
The experimental garden was enlarged by the appropriation of a large area of grass land on the east side of the existing cultivated area; the ground was trenched, drained and generally prepared for the planting of Citrus and other fruits in 1931, à double hedge of Livistona chinensis and Agave horrida planted along the south boundary.
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