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sides of the Kennedy Road and the Peak transporting large trees Road and in (30 and 40 feet high) to a short new road leading from St. Paul's College to Cott Sibb's House, Mr Price was entirely successful, though at a cost somewhat out of proportion to the limited result achieved.
9. That afforestation has now been taken thoroughly in hand, Your Lordship will see from Mr. Ford's recent report of the 15th of May 1880. Instead of planting out fifteen thousand trees per annum, Mr. Ford has already planted 60,000 this year, and he anticipates a total of over a quarter of a million for the year's work.
10. With the co-operation of the Chinese, to which Mr. Ford refers in paragraph 5 of his report, we may perhaps be able, from the middle of next year, to plant out half a million of trees per annum.
11. I have not confined the planting to the native pine tree, the Pinus Sinensis, only. The nurseries contain seedlings of indigenous oaks, Casuarina, and other hardy and valuable timber trees.
12. During 1878 about five thousand cocoa-nut palms planted by Mr. Frise on Stone Cutters' Island, at Bowrington and close to the Village of Aberdeen. These trees will be
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sides of the Kennedy Road and the Peak
transporting large trees
Road and in
(30 and 40 feet high) to a short new road leading from St. Paul's College to ott Sibb's House, Mr Price was
entirely successful, though at a cost somewhat out of proportion to the limited result
achieved.
9.
That afforestation has now
been taken thoroughly
in hand, Your Lordship will see from Mr. Ford's reent report of the 15th of May 1880. Instead of planting out fifteen thousand trees per annum, Mr. Ford has already planted 60,000 this
ates
anticipates
a
year,
and he
a total of over a quarter of
a
million for the year's work.
10.
With the 00-operation of the --
Chinese, to which Mr. Ford refers in
paragraph 5 of his report,
of his report, we may
perhaps be able, from middle of next year, to plant out half a million of trees per
11.
amnum.
I have not confined the
planting to the native pine tree, the Pinus Sinensis, only. The nurseries. sontain seedlings of indigenous oaks, Casuarina, and other hardy and.
valuable timber trees.
12.
During 1878 about five
thousand cocoa-nut palms
planted by Mr. Frise
on
were
Stone Cutters'
Bland, at Bowrington and close to the Village of Aberdeen. These trees will be
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