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COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH—NOT TO BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

Some alterations at the former Building to make it available for the Harbour Master's office, as well as convert the old office and residence of the Harbour Master into a Civil Hospital.

Sundry repairs to Government Buildings I had also to provide for after the storms of the last season.

Additional Trees were also planted in several parts of the city, and although every care was devoted to the new ones as well as to the old I regret to observe how severely they suffer from the wilful acts of Chinamen Sailors, sometimes in pulling away and stealing the struts or breaking the branches, and for worse stripping the bark off for Medicinal purposes.

The consequence is that it is impossible for them to thrive as they should, and until there are some severe punishments inflicted, or the Police on duty vigilant, the damage complained of must be of annual occurrence.

Similar damages occur to trees beyond the limits of the city and which the Police naturally cannot prevent, but a far more injurious process is still practised in the Island, viz. that of burning the brushwood on the sides of the Hills in every direction, thereby destroying the natural growth of wood indigenous to the climate and

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE Reference C.O. 133 COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH—NOT TO BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON Some alterations at the former Building to make it available for the Harbour Master's office, as well as convert the old office and residence of the Harbour Master into a Civil Hospital. Sundry repairs to Government Buildings I had also to provide for after the storms of the last season. Additional Trees were also planted in several parts of the city, and although every care was devoted to the new ones as well as to the old I regret to observe how severely they suffer from the wilful acts of Chinamen Sailors, sometimes in pulling away and stealing the struts or breaking the branches, and for worse stripping the bark off for Medicinal purposes. The consequence is that it is impossible for them to thrive as they should, and until there are some severe punishments inflicted, or the Police on duty vigilant, the damage complained of must be of annual occurrence. Similar damages occur to trees beyond the limits of the city and which the Police naturally cannot prevent, but a far more injurious process is still practised in the Island, viz. that of burning the brushwood on the sides of the Hills in every direction, thereby destroying the natural growth of wood indigenous to the climate and Page 55 Page 56

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133

12 ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE

| PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON,

some alterations at the

and form former Building to make it available. for the Harbour Master's office, as well as convert the old office and residever of the Harbour Master into a Civil Hospital.

Sundry repairs Buildings I had also to provide for after the storms of the last season.

to Government

Additional Trees were also

| lanted in several parts of the

lity, and

although every care

was devoted to the new ones as well

and

as to the old I regret to observe how severely they suffer from the wilful acts of Chinamen Sailors, sometrines in pulling away and stealing the strutor breaking the branches, andifor

worse

stripping the bark off for

The consequence

Medicinal purposes.

is that it is impossible for them

to thrive as they shouls, and intel

urre

aren

some severe punishments. inflicted, or the Police on duty vigilant, the damager complained of musto be of annual occurrence. Srinilar damages. occur to trees beyond the limito of the lity and which the Police naturally cannot prevent, but a far more injurious process is still mirepressed in the Island, vaz . _ that of burning the brushwork on the sides of the Hills. in every direction, thereby destroying the natural growth of work ~ indigenous to the climate and

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