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(c.)--FISHERIES,
A considerable proportion of the boat population of Hongkong supports itself by deep-sea fishing, in which pursuit a large number of junks are engaged. The villages of Aberdeen, Stanley, Shanki- wan, and also many in the New Territories, are largely dependent upon this industry for their prosperity. Fresh water fish is im- ported from Canton and the West River. There are oyster beds of considerable value in Deep Bay.
(d)-FORESTRY, AGRICULTURE, AND BOTANY,
Formation of Pine tree plantations.
Seeds of Pinus Massoniana were sown in situ in the following places, sixty three pounds of seed being used :-50,000 near the new Shek O Motor Road, 3,077 on Cheung Chan Island and
50,000 at Quarry Bay.
230 pounds of seed were also sown broadcast on the grassy banks below Shek Road, Tsun Wan Road and between Shatin and Taipo Roads.
In Plantation 7C below the Matilda Hospital, Mount Kellet, where hill fires had taken place, 250 pounds of pine seed were used for resowing purposes, and in other plantations 50 and 5D) at Repulse Bay 213 pounds were similarly used.
Broad-leared trees planted.
The principal trees used for roadside planting consisted of Tristania conferta, Casuaring equisetifolia, Bauhinia Blakeana, Bauhinia cariegata, Aleurites triloba, Erythrinu indica, Fieus infectoria, Melaleuca Leucadendron, Crataeti religiosa, Paulownia Fortunei, Poinciana regia, Cassia fistula and Cinnamomum Cam- phora, which were used in the following places, Stubbs Road 192, Conduit Road 4, Broadwood Road 32, Shek O Road 101, Repulse Bay Road 5, Pokfulam Road 8, Magazine Gap Road 17, Wong-Nei- Chong Gap Road 10, Salisbury Road (Kowloon) 30, Nam Chong Street (Shumshuipo) 90. Taipo Road (N. T.) 59, Lok Ma Chan Road (N. T.) 153 and Shatin Road (N. T.) 13.
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Eighty four young “Jak trees (Artocarpus integrifolia) were planted to replace failures in a plantation near Aberdeen Reservoir.
Care of trees in plantations.
Creepers and Loranthus were removed from trees on roadsides and in plantations as far as possible whenever they are observed.
Pine tree caterpillars fortunately appeared only in very suall numbers in one plantation near Fan Ling.
Twenty five miles of fire barriers were cleared in the mainland and eighteen on the island; these barriers almost always proved useful in checking hill fires.
Remoral of trees,
In connection with the general improvement and widening of roads, the sale of building lots, excavations of reclamations and various public works a large number of trees, both large and small and of various kinds were felled; those which were cut down near public roads were mainly Banians.
About 500 pine trees were cut down for the laying-ont. of an extension to the Tai Shek Kwo Cemetery, Kowloon.
In addition very large number of trees were cut down after they had suffered badly from the typhoon.
The usual removal of undergrowth as part of the campaign against malaria was conducted throughout the year, the total area cleared amounting to over 6,500,000 square feet while the total area cleared for survey purpose by P. W. D. 2,400,000 square feet.
Nurseries, Agriculture, de.
10,000 Cinnamomum Camphora, 300 Poinciana regia and 340 Bauhinia rariegata were raised in the 9A Nursery, Kowloon, for reafforestation purpose in 1924.
The growing of Aleurites Pordii and Aleurites montana for the investigations into the possibilities of the commercial produc- tion of wood oil has not been satisfactory as most of the seedlings of both varieties suffered heavily from the typhoons. A further
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