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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 26TH JULY, 1873.
VOL. XIX.
No. 50.
Νο. 117.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Jons M. PRICE, Esquire, Surveyor General of Hongkong, having reported his arrival in the Colony, assumed the duties of his Office on the 20th instant.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st July, 1873.
No. 118.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Copy of a Letter from Dr. HOOKER, C.B., Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew, --received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, relative to the method most likely to scoure the successful germination of Seeds when despatched from distant localities, is published for general information.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colón al Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd July, 1878.
(Copy)
ROYAL GARDENS, KEW, 14th May, 1873.
Sin,--1 beg to acknowledge your Letter of May 7th, enclosing a Despatch from the Lieutenant- Govenor of Nats, with the Reports on the germination of seeds of Araucaria Cunninghamii transmitted from Queensland packed in sand, charcoal, and sugar. Only one seed out of the whole sevi 1. to have geniniusted, and that was out of the packet packed in sand.
A dhuilar experiment in which the seeds were transmitted from Queensland to the Cape resulted in the gumbination of five seeds ont of the packet packed in sugar, while all the rest failed.
Of the other hand, aveds of the same plants, transmitted from Sydney to the Cape in a linen bag the post, appear to have germinated freely. I think, therefore, that it is safe to conclude that the morbods tried by the Queensland Acclimatization Society are superior to this. Our experience at Kow is quite conformable. Except for very exceptional cases, in which it is de dulge that the secds should be kept moist, we find that they travel best without any packing
who lover.
R. GW. Henecer, Esq.,
Under-Servetury,
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I am, &c.,
(Signed,)
JOS, D. HOOKER,
Director.
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