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a thin soil cover.

arborescent

ve-

very scanty, there being

trees of

nation growth

getation scarcely any except those artificially planted.

The timber market of Hong Kong.

އ

however is

generally

well docked:

but among

the

varieties of

many

wood imported from the Philippine

Islands and the shart Settlements

but three fit for

marine

there are works, these are the dark and

Yellow Molava and leak. The hoo

first

Cat

be

got

in logs 12 to

18 inches square and from 25 to 50 fut long, while leak logs.

seldom longer than 30 feet

15 inches

squares.

tr

only partially the effect of the

There with slands

teredo navalis, sen

structures of

teak

teak or

-newed

molava

every

Shingle.

having to

10 or 12

все не

The cleanest and most.

years.

be gathereds

beach

the Donths.

uniform looking may

along sider of

the

sleep Stove Cutter's Island where

it lies in great quantities. None of the Hong Kong shingle however is

very

dient for concreto

desirable ingredient

on account.

the excessive round,

-ness and smoothness of the pebbless.

On Public Works here therefore,

angular stone in the shope of graniter -road metalling.

convicts

broken.

up

either by

hired labour is preferred;

Enaterial for filling in.

and chipping on

for The works

Rubble

will

come from

the

Juar-

A

-pies shown in the plan, conveyeds

thither in in the Contractors stone lighters and it