1908-08-01 — Page 5

HONGKONG GARDENS

A YEAR OF GARDENING AND FORESTRY, The report on the botanical and forestry departmert, for the year 193", is published in the corrent issue of the Gard. We make the following extract —

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY AUGUST 1. 1908.

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promises provide particularly attracismis grows daturall tive feature in the Colnblat collection, OWED B the walls are exce mapa and photo. graphs of Hongkong while the various tcOEO mic and other specimens locluding fruits, oils, lions establosed by spices, bamboo ware, fabrics, etc., are arranged grown up, the grass is to show cases at the sides and down the centre them and the Chinese grase of the moont, The trouble taken by the get it and inciderially gath Government of Hongkong and the various pine foal birides, cuiting down private Orms that have contributed exhibits is pine tree seedings concrated in the duly appreciated by the staff of the Institute, abuse has become more and more The capital exhibition now provided should do until it has been found accesary to exclate much to interest visitors in Hongkong matters the grass callers altogether from the plasta. as well as to advertise the commercial production. The majority have now become Recus», tions of our Colony,

tomed to cat their grass, from the uplands as before, but these petitious show, that a certain, amount of disali.i.c.ion still remains. In sil cases in which I have been able to meet the petition the matter has been explained and the most convenitat cutting ground for their needs. pointed out to them.

NG AND SHANGHA ING CORPORATION. NAKE HALEYELID MEETING

OTICE Thamby given that the ORDIN the SHAREHOLDERS in this corporation will be held at the City Hall, Hongkong, on SATURDAY, tan sind day of August, 1908, At Nobo, for the purpose of recairing the Report of the Court of Directors, together with Btatement of Accounts to gath June, 19085 By Order of the Court of Directors, " 19

Chief Maunger. RM SMITH Hongkong, int August, 1908.

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The year has been marked by several note worthy additions to the horticulture of the Colony. The search for a variety of wallflower cuitable for our climbia has, at last, been Fawarded and a successful batch of this favourite annual obtained for the fint time. It will doubtless become one of the stock' plants of Hoogkong gardens. In this land of flowering shrubs it is not often that we find anything. During the year all the Balsam specimens from cutside that iï worth introducing into our in our herbarium were sent, at his request, to gardeni; an exception has occurred recenile, Sir Joseph Hooker for examination, They however, when shrubs of Ramley i Burgesake, were received back before the end of the year, seeds of which had been received from Durban, with determination attached. The careful flowered for the first time and proved a valu. drawings and dissections which had been "able addition to pur winter dowering shrubs mida pa most of the sheats gave welcome Among other plants with fine flowers added to evidence of that veteran boissist's continued our herbaceous list during the year may be vigour. Ten out of the seventeen species sub-plant.tions was prohibited, sad is the case ofoth lost, to SATURDAY, the 22nd instant, mensioned Gladiolurgondieans and the milted proved to be new; their names are how Gladiolus-like, Watiónia Ardorni There was

ever withheld, pending publication. The osm `a magnificent show of Lyerninaaras in the Old. ed specimens form a valuable addition, to the

Garden in October from balbs planted in the Colonial Herbarium grass in 1901.

Houses, walks and fences have been repaired " and kept in order as usual,

The decorative resources of the Department were folly developed at the time of the vitit of T.R.H. the Duke and Duchess of Connaught whên 1,10ɔ palms were used for lining the roadway and for other purposes.

I am glad to observe the appreciation showo by Horticulturists for Mr Totcher's "Notes on

Gardening " not only in Hongkong but also in neighbouring poni.

The chief dorous of animals were--Mr. Alves and Mr. Chan Foto Ng.

NUUSTAIN LODGE GROUNDS.

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Notices we posted la the Hongkong vil ages notifying that the cutting of grass in Little Hongkong village a permit was issued to cut grass on certain hilltops at a convenient distance from the villag

PRESERVATION OF NATURAL FORESTIG It is not often that the botanical work of re- It is evided to the most casual observer sidents in the Colony outside of this depart that primeval forest has almost cented to exist ment fads mention in this report. It is within this part of Chind. There can be lille. special pleasure, therefore, that I put on record doubt that our valleys and probably the greater the careful work which has been accomplished part of our mountains were occe plentifully during the year bý Mrs. L. Gibbs and the clothed with leariant virgin forest, Patches numerous additions made by her to the her of such forest can still be seen at Little Hong-

kang, in this island, and in the more inaccess barium.

The chief donors of berbariam specimens ble parts of the New, Territories. The Com were:-Fleet Surgeon C. G. Matthew, n..mittee appointed to repett on the forestzy Mrs. Gibbs; Jardin Imperial de Botanique, St. possibilities of the New Territories in 1904 16 commended that certain of these areas should be reserved and protected by Government. During 20s the areas of natural forest in the reater part ofthe New Territories were care The total extens of that mapped is about 4,000 fully examined and mapped by this department

acres. The creation of Government Forestry 'reserves would however probably involve con- siderable expenditure in the acquisition of the trees, and in wiching and preserving the re serves. Hithente funds have not been available ¿to meet this expanditure.

Petersburg; Mr. E..Merrill,

STANICAL INVESTIGATION, The only collecting done from the depart. ment was by a Chinese collector who was

Some planting on the annual repairs were kindly taken by Flest Surgeon C. G. Matthew, carried out during the year."

R.K., on his expedition ta Lienchow.

FORESTRY,

• PROTESTANT CEMETERY. The gardening in the cemetery has been A commencement was made during the year particularly successful during the year. The with a scheme for taking over the large forestry deer-fence referred to in my last report bas operations previously done by contract. This proved at any rate pritially successful in keep-hit been necessitated by the increasing diff. ing wild deer away from the flower beds and culty of getting the work efficiently dano by the recent addition of a Chinese deer-hound to contractors. As a result it has frequently re the cemetery gardening staff will probably put sulted that the short planting season was oc an end to their inroads altogether.

cupied by vain efforts to get the work through, the plantations were pour and irregular and the year's forestry programnie sprited.

BLAKE CARIBEN.

The garden is more and more appreciated by the Chinese, but some damage has been done by youngsters running ab ut among the shrubs. The stone walks and stepitave all been con

solidated with cemfeat.

press.

*PEAK GARDIN,

I

PELLING..

Authority had been obtained in rgöó to fell

trees on the wah slopes of Mount Kellet on the shel'èrwood strip system, bui 'the lenders for the purchase of standing pine trees received

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK

KING CORPORATION,

GISTER OF SHARES of the Corpora NOTICE hereby given that the RR- ion will be CLOSED from MONDAY, the both days loclusive), during which period.no Transfer of Shares can be registered.

By Order of the Court of Directors,

WAS MISRM. SMITH

e Chief Manager, Hongkong, 1st August, roof,"

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BIRDS IN HOMGRỌNG.

ENCOURAGING THEIR INCREASE,

T Mr &T. Duso writes in his annual report on the Betacicat and Forestry Department

singing birds which have been so charming a With a view to encouraging the increase of feature of the Botanic Gardens and surrounding ponioss of Hongkong of recent years the Government consulted Mr. Kershaw of Macho, white works on local natural history are well kanwa, as to the desirability of keeping dowo vites, (6) civet cats in the island, and secondly the numbers of (a) magpien, (b) bromley of the possibility of importing more singing birds. He replied as follows:-

here, and destroy eggs and bestlings, though #(a.) Magpies are no doubt too numerous they do a certain amount of good by scavenging, Would suggest shooting, not poison. Destroy- jng magpiss' eggs and fledglings from February sive, would be affective, though of course there to May (a fow begia laying in January) inclu will be some amount of immigration from the

mainland..

The forestry year (1956/7) under review,was

from timber contractors were so low that no

(b) The kite (Afitous" mabanotes), 'called a transition year; the part of the forestry felling was commenced until the beginning of "Bromley Kite" in Hongkong, rarely, if ever, programme carried out by contractors largely 1907 and then only as an experiment with a kills adult birds and probably very asidom des failed while that done by the department was

staff of men falling, splitting and carrying toys nestlings. Their ordinary food is soakes, most satisfactory. The programme included atder the dirt control of the department. Bizards, rats and mice (I bave often taken fresh This has been open now fir 18 months sad to continuation of the belt on the north of the This was practically a test of the genuinenessly killed rats from stomachs of these kiles), is beginning in be fer queated by children and baibourfrom the South Tunnel Face near Kow-of the low tenders abare mentioned. With the dead fish and other offal. Small birds take o murats. The shade trees are making slow proloon Taxi as far as the Ring Butts (9 B 1-20), greatest care iad economy however it was but notice of a killing on the tree they are in, the extension of the catchment planting at possible to obtalo a profit on the wood sales in but if a hawk cames anywhere near they drop

yam and Pokfulam reservoir catchments (4 to sex nude to the former system, fure

15-20 and 7 A 1-5), As the crop of pine had been made to former system. The is decidedly useful. seedlings grown by contract at Little Hongfailure of this experiment was dus partly to the kong filed, nearly the whole of the above area low price obtainable for split firewood delivered was sown with pics seeds lo piis, 8,000 of the in floogkong. The heaviest felling during the pine seedlings saved being planted by the de- year was at Kii Lung Wan where the opening partment on the bara sindy parts of the Kow

of a new Chinese Cemetery of 53 acres necel, loon Tsi plantattoos, while the remainder stated the cling of some too in pine and were used by the contractor for planting at

other irces.

SOKUNPO NURSERY.

A barbed wire fence has been erected round part of this nursery for the double purpose of keeping out the wild deer and preventing the pelty, but too frequent, theft of vegetable that have occurred there.

ALBANY NURSERY.

This new nursery has beeg protected by a nast iron fence down the side bordered by Garden Road. It is gradually being planted

with shrubs and flowe ing plants;

WEST END PARK.

This so-called park has been kept, in a credit," able condition during the year, Trouble has again been experienced in preventing contrac tors from shooting building rubbish along the roadsides. Similarly the Glenealy rockeries have given much troute to the police for some

time pa").

HERBARIUM

There has been no large colection made by the department during 1907 but the work was continued upon the 190 Fokien collection. A large number of specimens from this ard other collections, whose identification should not be completed in Hongkong, was taken to England by the -fuperinterdent and worked. out in the fierbarium of the Royal Botanic Garders, Kew. More than 20 of the Fekien

Tytem and Kowloon. Repairing of the fail. ures of last season was carried out by foresters

The planting of fwering shrub and tress on Crows Land has not proved a success in the at Cheung Sha Wạp, Pokfulam, and Aberdeen, past, in consequence of the destruction of a RESUMPTION OF EXISTING PLANTATIONS.large proportion by coolies for the sale of their la anticipation of the extension of the Ear.fwers. It is hoped, with the improved Forest Ingars of Ngau Chi Wan and Kak Hing were the planting resumed on a larger scale. bour belt towards Lyeemus in 1958-9 the vil Guard service, at this may be prevented and given gratuities representing their refpective. interests in the existing pine plaplations on and near Himmer fill, which would to en- compassed by the extension of Government planting.

Kowloon Reservoir were resumed for tho samo All plantations in the catchment of the new reason and the villagers of Shek Li Poi-treated similarly.

"

KAST POINT NURSERY,

This is, as stated in my last report, the first pine tree sursery made by the department. In previous years seedlings have been raised by

NGA IU TAU NURSERY.

The second pine tree nursery-it is neces- sary to have two, as they are siwn alternately, each being io use for two seasons-w, formed at the above village near 'Diamond Hill. As this is the ceighbourhood of the planting authorized for 1937.9 a large mashed was erected far ibe accominodation of, the staff of diggers and planters who would be engaged on the work as well as for the nursory staff The land had to be rested from the villages but the expenditure on rent was amply.com. pensated by the saving of labour in digging. and levelling."

specimens proved to be new to science. The contract and sold to the Government at about collection is an important contribution to the $950 per 1,000. The site chosen was a flat knowledge of the Chinese flora and the enter marshy piece of ground at the south of Victoria prise of the Hongkong Government in sending Schol. East Polot and the hillside adjoining the expedition to Central Fokiën will be much The flat ground was drained, the hillside ter appreciated, by botanists. Among the other raced and the whole laid out in about gco novelties described and named at Kew were numbered rectangular beds with service paths two wild plums recevilly collected in this neigh-between. The whole was dag over and shown bourhood-Frunits worgin -83, Buon,and Primus befors February. fordi ni, Dunn. Two new Hongkong trees Balaihm idis Furlii, Dunn, collected 5 years go by Mr. Ford in Wongnekchong village and lips Tulcherit unn, collected near Cape D'Aguilar by Mr. Tücher; a new Saue eures from the Superintendent's Korean col lection weniloned in last year's report and basatifal Lozestigm i collected many years ago by Mr. Ford on the NW. River, All these are described in the Journal of Botany 1907. pp 403-4. Another plant of the same Family as the last named, collected by Dr. A. Henry in Yuonan, was described in the "Kew Bulletin" (1908 p. 19) as Orcocharie aurea, Dann. The publication of the above species, in addition to the usual routins comprised the berbarium work of the year. Descriptions and illustrations of several plants from the Hong. kong Herbarium hava also been published by Mr. Hemsley, Keeper of the Kew Herbarium, in Hooker's Icones Plantarom, Vol. IX. pt. H, via, Sycapris, Tufcheri, Homst, from Dear Mountain Lodge, and the following four from Fokien !* Disty!ium myricolder, Hemil, Bygilium estrictam," Gem, Sycopsis Lunni, Homal Allingia graciliği, Hemsli

FIRE BARRIERS.

New fire barriers, 8,476 feet long were made to protect the new plantations in 9 A & B while. all eid ooen ware cleaned a total length of 376,3ay fact. This work was done for the first time by our own men at a cost slightly leas than the contract price. --

· PROTECTION,

The most serious case of unnuthorized cutting occurred near Pokfulam where the occupier of Farm Lot'ng felled several hundred pine trees on his foi although they are expressly reserved Two more boxes of specimens of the to the Government to the lease. The maller economic products of Soulb China were des- was settled after Police Court proceedings by patched to the Imperial Institute in April and wern received in good condition. The intendent, had the pleasure of cafios Super calling upon

A

I. OAKS.. ber of plants of Quercus fire raised from seeds An-experimat was.mado with small.pum

in pols and planed out in spring like pine seedlings na opto ground ia, Fokfulam valley. they have prared quife nesuitable for this use.

MÄNMUM

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PADA 1876, the undersigned DURSUANTA to Section 16, of Ordinance LEONARDO D'ALMADA E CASTRO whose place of residance and service for the las preceding twelve months have been at No 10, Quasu's Road Cantrál, Victoris, in lbs Colony of Hongkong And

who under Articles of Wallace

10, Queen's Road Central, aforesaid, Solicitor, bereby given pics that it is my intention" ta apply pa the rit day of September next, for my examination admission and surolment as a . Solicitor and Procter of this Honourable Court.

Dated the tat day of August, 1008,

E.

Goldring erkship

BA Oxon of No.

LEO, D'ALMADA E CASTRO.

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Forms of Tender" and any necessary to formation, may be obtained on application.

The right to reject the lowest or any Tender is reserved.

F. 1. GELSTHORPE Deputy Victualling Store Officer.· H. M. Naval Yard,

Hongkong, 31st July, 1908.

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THE TRADE MARKS ORDINANCE, 1808.

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF

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Hongkong, in the Register of Trade Marks, of of July, 1908, applied for the Registration in Tobacco Manufacturers, have on the 7th day

the following Trade Mark

"VUTAMIQUE 2 CIGARETTES

COYTTIENNEN

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in the name of MASPERO FRERES, LTD.. Registered Office, Cecil Chambers, 86, Strand, Cure, Egypt; Tobacco Manufacturers, who London, W.C., England; and Sharla ol Bawaki, claim to be the sole proprietors thereof.

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The Trado Mark has been used by the ap plicants in respect of the following goods in Class

A facsimile of the frade Mare can be seen

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Hongkong.

Rachals

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$480 $600

225 400

380

850

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Krauss

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250

860

400

600

325 450

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stenes to the undergrowth. The kits here at the office of the Colonial Secretary of PIANO CO., LTD.

(c) it seems a pity to exterminate an in digenous mammal like the civet. In a small island like Hongkong, this would soon be done if a reward was offered for a carcase. They destroy some birds, no doubt, bat chielly feed (as observed in comment) ou rate, mice, and other small mammals. If they are destroyed,

posching domestic cats should certainly be killed, as they are worse than any other animal as regards destruction of small birds and game chicks; and nearly all cats in houses on out- skirts of wood are poachers. But in any case 1- would deprecato the use of poison,

..

No doubt the Hwamei (Trechalopterum

mands a good price with Chibere as a cage "canorum) is increasing in Hongkong, no bis singing-is-mon-noticeable. This bird-com.. bird, and its increase might perhaps be best maintained by stopping the taking of the nestlings"

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·Hongkong, ist August, iç08.

VOLUNTEER concert.

HOTEL

GRAND PROMENADE CONCERT GUEST

pwill be held on the VOLUNTEER PARADE GROUND

TO-NIGHT,

the tat August, at 9.15 F.M.

B. Glover, D.SO., and Officers of the 3rd

By kind permission of Licut-Colonel A. F Middlesex Regt; com Regimental Band will. attend.

NIGHT

With reference to singing birds he wrote 10: “Singing birds from South, and West China and from India should do well in Hongkong. have no books on Indian hirds by me, but you may have Oates," "Blandford à or Jerdon's in the Club Library. At Hongkong 1 think Indian birds could be got from Calculla, but expect iteer Headquarters and Measta. Kelly and SATURDAY

Tickets $1 and St can be had from Võlun-.

A. CHAPMAN, Li, Colonel,

Commandant H.K. Vel. Corps.. 1-ongkong, tai August, roo8,25)

To the offical request, addressed as stated in my last, Annual Report to British Consuls and others in Chins for seeds of the Chinese Coffin Wood or Nanna tree, Mr. Fox, Acting Consul General at Chengtu, has most courteously responded by having sixteen pounds of seeds collected and sent to Hongkong. The seeds were inclosed in eight tins. Two were open fuked, and fe from external injury, the ed but I regni to say that though carefully

cat dition, whether from the gathering having whole contents were in a very unpromising been premature or from what other cause it is difficult to say. The unopened tios were for warded at once to South Africa on the chance tents of the two that were opened were sown of a few living reds being found. The cod-nose. Also the little black and white CopyREATEST B XING CONTESTS but all failed to germinate.

The total stmber of forestry lots in the New: Terriensies is 65, with an acreage 1,53,091 acres and bringing ip revenue of $1,805.8

SME

Acres.

330

(38,810.7)

Priv te Farstry 1 Lice ces 18 arises. Villaen Forestry Private Forestry Licences, 39*****

$c

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would be troublesome to get Chinese birds; mi- || Walsh,post leas the birdshop people in Hongkong would as long as it has enough undergrowth (for it is import them. The Huamci is native here, and

loudly quite closs to ose) and the nests are very sby and saldom seen even, when singing not taken, it should increase. It sings delight felly and practically all the year round, but you probably know it well as a cagebird with Chi

cans saxtaris, or magpie-robin, Peking Robin or Chios robio, ac it is variously termed. In the

and native also ueful Ta keeping down spring tus brantifolly and is common

grasshoppers, snaily, etc, at also is the Hermet, Mast of the other birds here do not shine ar sonkie's, though the whistling trash (Hy 'op Koncussing weetly inbreeding season, Many flycatchera slay a short time in Hong kong on migration in spring and suturon, which sing wall, but they are silent during their stay here,

Hong

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20 Uarenewed Villige Forestry] Licences, 17 m)

4,23 .00

As you know, there are several very beau'iful 52,091.00 $4,835 8-birds native to Hongkong which ought to be

der the licensing system during the year while kong at present which might not be,

An additionarea of 9,313 5 acres came un bumble opinies there are no birds

-preserved for beauty alone), in fact in my

4,250 scies femerly licensed were omitted for ed, except magpies. Even the sparrow various dess from this year's area. Out of useful whas them ji so alammoon or evaning 27 village licencas porenewed, 15 of the licensed swarm of winged termitas, arena proved to be bare of trees and therefore There is native lark, hers' which sings inadmissible is the schoose; 3 are appying for alcely scaring much like the English skylark, alterations, the remaining 15 being now but I doubt if you have any large grasty plain. under investiguion,

{very.

officers whose work jaket them to the various Kowloon, or could be established there

It in satisfacit to bear from Government on Hongkong Island. No doubt it occurs in

pane of the temories that general improve

ment in the stain of the Chinese pine plaster was formal thought that Aleurit con the payment of $1,050 to the Crown and lont has been observable during the last few date was the sole source of Chicoter wood "öll en/examination of the forfeiture of the felled timber, spearts This improvement in coincidest, Hemaleyfofre

The prevention of grass cutting, to planta”, the introduction of the forestry licence systems.

vailable st Kew"astived; at the con- |2 My attentips kas bien drawn to the fact that

boly! was it not col bosour coclined on Mr. Charles Ford, the

did not occer fora interesting, B.

Prof, Dunstan, the Dictor of that establishesions, or on ground where natural regeneration: the ment, darli the summer and of seeing the wyrexpected, gave rise to savera! þetitions from last bead of this department whis be was made.

arranged in the Hongkong grass cutters during the year. Is proportion as a Companion of the Imperial Service Ordarin ond of the series of exhibi-

the population of the island hat incrassat so: 2001 Ann) not being meationed before a pyra alonias, buthe demand for cut grass

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