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plantations, undergrowth and grass, were posted in all parts of the Colony; handbills were also distributed. The vernacular press kindly gave prominence to a notice requesting visitors to hill graves and cemeteries to take precautions against causing damage by fire. No fires occurred on the first and three only on the second of these festival days.
20. Forest Guards Services.-Cases of damage to Pine plantations, by theft of mature trees, were numerous throughout the whole year.
Forest Guards arrested and charged 202 persons, of these 194 were convicted and 8 discharged. Sixty-one persons, many of them only recent arrivals in the Colony, who had been convicted on two or more occasions, were banished.
21. The Police arrested 262 persons for various forestry offences; 251 were convicted and 11 discharged.
Full particulars of the cases are given in Tables I and II.
22.
Protection of Plantations.-All fire barriers and forestry paths were cleared and repaired. The service path in Mount Collinson Prohibited Area and the fire barrier above Kowloon Catchwater were extended.
23. Undergrowth Clearing.- Anti-malarial undergrowth clearing was carried on in all parts of the Colony and the total area so dealt with was 3,165,535 square feet. For other purposes, such as surveys, formation of roads, water catchments, other public improvements and building sites the areas cleared totalled 365,170 square feet.
24. Preservation of Local Flora.-Paphiopedilum purpuratum, one of the most attractive of the local terrestrial Orchids, is in danger of complete destruction, chiefly owing to the depredations of plant hawkers, medicinal herb collectors and thoughtless flower pickers; 250 plants were lifted in various parts of the Island and replanted in a prohibited area.
AGRICULTURE, ETC.
25. Fan Ling Experimental Garden.-The Citrus plots in the old section of the garden continued to make good progress; 300 young grafted trees of the Chiu Chau Kom were added to the existing plots during the year. Plots of foreign vegetables were cultivated for demonstration purposes and for exhibition at the Annual Show of the New Territories Agricultural Association, which was held at Shek Wu Hui on January 5th and 6th.
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plantations, undergrowth and grass, were posted in all parts of the Colony; handbills were also distributed. The vernacular press kindly gave prominence to a notice requesting visitors to hill graves and cemeteries to take precautions against causing damage by fire. No fires occurred on the first and three only on the second of these festival days.
20. Forest Guards Services.-Cases of damage to Pine plantations, by theft of mature trees, were numerous throughout the whole year.
Forest Guards arrested and charged 202 persons, of these 194 were convicted and 8 discharged. Sixty-one persons, many of them only recent arrivals in the Colony, who had been convicted on two or more occasions, were banished.
21. The Police arrested 262 persons for various forestry offences; 251 were convicted and 11 discharged.
Full particulars of the cases are given in Tables I and II.
22.
Protection of Plantations.-All fire barriers and forestry paths were cleared and repaired. The service path in Mount Collinson Prohibited Area and the fire barrier above Kowloon Catchwater were extended.
23. Undergrowth Clearing.- Anti-malarial undergrowth clearing was carried on in all parts of the Colony and the total area so dealt with was 3,165,535 square feet. For other purposes, such as surveys, formation of roads, water catchments, other public improvements and building sites the areas cleared totalled 365,170 square feet.
24. Preservation of Local Flora.-Paphiopedilum purpura- tum, one of the most attractive of the local terrestial Orchids, is in danger of complete destruction, chiefly owing to the depreda- tions of plant hawkers, medicinal herb collectors and thoughtless flower pickers; 250 plants were lifted in various parts of the Island and replanted in a prohibited area.
AGRICULTURE, ETC.
25. Fan Ling Experimental Garden.-The Citrus plots in the old section of the garden continued to make good progress; 300 young grafted trees of the Chiu Chau Kom were added to the existing plots during the year. Plots of foreign vegetables were cultivated for demonstration purposes and for exhibition at the Annual Show of the New Territories Agricultural Association, which was held at Shek Wu Hui on January 5th and 6th.
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