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trial of seeds of Aleurites montana has been made at the Fan Ling Experimental Garden about 45 pounds of seeds having been raised before the end of the year.
At the Fan Ling Experimental Garden a small quantity of seeds of Perilla ocymoides obtained locally were raised. It is hoped in due course to furnish a report to the Imperial Institute, London, on the possibilities of oil production from perilla.
Five hundred and sixty pounds of seeds of Pinus Massoniana and forty pounds of Camphor seeds were collected during the year.
The first and second crops of rice were good and pineapples were fair. The one thousand young pineapples obtained from Honolulu have now made good progress.
Eight thousand five hundred and forty packages containing 1,070,040 bulbs of Nacissus Tazetta were inspected and certified for export to the United States of America and Honolulu, the lar gest number examined since the inauguration of this service in 1919.
(e.)-LAND GRANTS AND GENERAL VALUE OF LAND.
The net amount of premium received from sales of Crown Land and pier rights, New Territories excepted, for the year 1923 was $2,892,445.78 an increase of $348,220,25 on the preceding year, and $990,387 more than the average for the previous five
years.
The principal items were $242,400 for Inland Lot No. 2413, $156,000 for Inland Lot No. 2411, $100,200 for Inland Lot No. 2421, 894,500 for Marine Lot No. 430, $450,500 for Kowloon Inland Lots Nos. 1558 to 1561 and $82,700 for Kowloon Inland Lot No. 1556.
In the New Territories the net amount received for premium was $589,799.14, the principal items being $150,500 for New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 419 and $98,700 for New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 435.
Resumptions include several Farm Lots in the Wongneichung Valley and Kowloon Farm Lots Nos. 3 & 4 at Yaumati, all of which were required for development purposes,
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The total area sold or granted during the year was 1,897 acres
O rood 37 poles of which 1,790 acres 1 rood 251% poles were dealt with by the District Officers.
The total area of land resumed was 82 acres I rood 261 poles.
The number of deeds registered in the Land Office was 6,837, 2,371 more than the year 1921, which was a record year. The aggregate consideration set out in deeds registered in the land Office was $223,828,607.85 as against $107,392,435 38 in 1922.
Land Registration Fees exclusive of the New Territories amounted to $123,631.00 being 842,094.00 more than the previous best year on record. Land Registration Fees in the New Territo- ries amounted to $16,241,06 an increase of $13,318,06 on 1922.
There has been considerable development in New Kowloon on the lines of the town planning schemes, in other portions of the Southern District there has been a steady demand for sites.
In the Northern District there has been keen competition for land and a considerable area has been disposed of for various pur-
loses.
III LEGISLATION.
Thirty-five (35) Ordinances were passed during 1923, of which seventeen were amondments of previous Ordinances.
The most important matters with which these Ordinances dealt
were :-
The Female Domestic Service (No, 1)--The object of this ordi- nance was to regulate certain forms of female domestic service.
The Police Supervision, (No, 5) -The object of this ordinance was to provide for police supervision of certain criminals.
The German Missions Trustees (No. 9)--The object of this ordi- nance was to provide for the carrying on of the work formerly carried on by certain German societies and persons in the Colony of
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