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“...
In the Tytam catchment area 15,000 pits were sown with pine
tree seeds and at Aberdeen 10,000 pits.
On grassy hills west of the south face of the Beacon Hill tunnel
185 lbs. of pine tree seeds were sown and 235 lbs. on similar hills
in the Kanghau valley.
About 70,000 pine tree seedlings were raised for planting in
1915.
Three thousand broad-leaved trees were planted in the Tytam
catchment area and 2,000 in the Kowloon catchment area.
Over 400 Poincianas were planted in various places in Hong-
kong and Kowloon.
Between 800 and 900 flooring trees and shrubs were planted
in conspicuous places in Hongkong in addition to the Poincianas.
Upwards of 2,000 trees were planted along the Castle Peak-
Shataukok Road. They consisted of Poincianas, Albizzia, Camphor
and Ficus.
Alongside the road leading from Sheung Shui Station to the
Golf Course 190 trees were planted consisting of Camphor, Aleurites
and Crataeva.
On the hills in the vicinity of the Fanling Golf Course over
2,200 flowering...”
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“...several inter-
esting additions to the Flora of Kwangtung were made.
(e.)Lv\i) Grants and General Valck of Land.
The net amount of premium received from sales of Crown land
and pier rights for 1914 (including 81,429 for boundary stones)
was §245,538 a decrease of £46,747 on the preceding year but
$38,(579 more than the average for the past five years. The principal
items in the Island were $37,500 for Marine Lot 321 having an area
of nearly three acres situate at North Point purchased by the Hong-
kong Electric Company, Limited, and $12,900 for Inland Lot No
2091 situate at Kennedy Town having an area of nearly an acre.
In Kowloon, Inland Lot No. 1286 being an unreclaimed area
of 13,862 square feet situate at Yaumati fetched $41,586 or $3 per
square foot and Kowloon Inland Lot 1294 a building site adjoining
Jordan and Nathan Roads having an area of 29,570 fetched $29,620
or slightly over $1 per square foot.
In the New Territories the net amount received for premium
and boundary stones...”
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“............................................... 5,220
Hoklo, ................................................ 74
Hainanese,............................................. 199
Southern Mandarin (mostly from Kwong Si
and Hunan), .........'........................ 1,038
Total,...........................12,272
24. Among the total of 8,278 assisteds examined and passed for
labour abroad is included a batch of 101 coolies who were recruited
in March by a well known firm of ricksha manufacturers in Hong-
kong to proceed to France to pull rickshas at the Lyons Interna-
tional Exhibition. These men were technically assisted emigrants
as defined by the Emigration Ordinance but as a special concession
were allowed to proceed without the usual formalities, on the under-
standing that no contract was signed in Hongkong. Unfortunately...”
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“...licensed to import foreign coins for
the purposes of trade, but may not put such coins into circulation.
No. 4 of 1914.The Opium Ordinance sets up a Government
monopoly of all opium business in the Colony, in place of the
'farming' system.
No. 6 of 1914.The Seditious Publications Ordinance. 'Phis
Ordinance is directed against publications designed to spread dis-
affection against the Government of this or any other Colony or the
United Kingdom.
Nos. 9, 10 and 11 of 1914.These Ordinances bring the Hong-
kong Ordinances into line with recent legislation at home against
the White Slave traffic, by providing that male persons guilty of
certain offences against women may be flogged, in addition to under-
going the prescribed penalties.
No. 20 of 1914.This Ordinance, the Deportation Ordinance,
1914, strengthens the hands of the Government in dealing with
various classes of detention prisoners, notably convicted criminals
and persons born in Hongkong of non-British parents.
No. 33 of 1914.The Recreation...”
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5.Crown Rent Roll.
The total Crown Rent clue in respect of leased lands in Hong-
kong and Kowloon (excluding certain Villages in Hongkong and
Kowloon entered in the Village Rent Roll) amounted for the year
ending 25th December to $417,835 an increase of $.18,539 on the
previous year. The total amount clue in respect of leased lands in
the Villages in Hongkong and Kowloon appearing in the Village
Rent Roll for the year ending 30th September was $3,557 an
increase of $10 on the previous year. The total number of lots
of Crown Land appearing in the Rent Rolls with the total Rents is
shown in Table V.
6.Naval and Military Lands.
A portion of Elliot Battery comprising an area of 138,770
square feet was transferred by the War Department to the Colonial
Government for the sum of $33,814.50 representing a premium of
10 cents per square foot and capitalized Annual Crown Rent of
$250 per acre which amount was credited to the War Department
in the Colonial Military Lands account. A small...”
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“...certain minor and simple operations with
the assistance and under the immediate supervision of the Honorary
Visiting Surgeon.
The House Surgeon has also performed certain operations under
similar conditions and in addition has given the greater number of
anaesthetics required in the Clinic.
A start has been made of a Museum of Surgical Pathology in
connection with the Clinic.
Two students of the Clinic, viz., Mr. F. M. da G-ra^a Ozorio
and Mr. Chak Chiu Hang, obtained the degree of M.B., B.S., (Hong-
kong), at the examination held in December, 1914....”
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“...in this report and at the end of the year several kinds of
vegetables were under trial.
About 100 West Indian Limes were planted and as these grow
and fruit well in Hongkong they should prove a success in the
New Territories if given sheltered situations.
Plants of spineless Cacti were planted in the hope that they
Avould become useful as a winter fodder crop for cattle.
So far they have made very little progress although a spiny
species, Opuntia Dillenii, is naturalized in various places in Hong-
kong and Kowloon and grows without any trouble.
A part of this garden is in use as a nursery for trees and
shrubs and several thousand young plants were accommodated
there at the end of the year.
In the East Point Nursery Cinnamomum Cassia fruited freely
and seeds will be obtained when ripe for increasing the stock of
this tree.
This is the tree which produces the Cassia Bark and Cassia
Buds of commerce.
The first rice crop was above the average and the second was
even better, but difficulty...”
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“...collectors' names are given in every case for the first record
except for plants discovered by myself. The list also contains a
few notes on other plants which have been found previously in the
province. Those recorded for the first time are numbered, the
others are not.
1. Ranuncidus acris, Linn.In grass fields at Ying Tak,
North River. Hongkong Herb. No. 10,(542. A southern extension
of the known specific; area of this plant in China.
2. Xylosma, longifoliurn, Clos.In a wood near Fanling, Hong-
kong NeAv Territories. Hongkong Herb. Nos. 9,131, 9,150. An
eastern extension from Yunnan of the known specific area.
Arenaria serpyllifolia, Linn.At Ying Tak, North River.
Hongkong Herb. No. 10,624. Previously recorded in the province
by Dunn from the Han River, Swatow.
3. Poly gala leptalea, DC.In grass fields but not common.
Hongkong Herb. No. 10,706. The only previous record for China,
so far as known, is Yunnan.
4. Tliespesia populnea, Corr.On the seashore at Cheung Mi,
Hongkong New ...”
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“...- M 32
Hongkong Herb. No. 10,947. The type has entire leaves without
the least trace of indentation and was collected in Fokien by Mr.
S. T. Dunn. The variety is a tree 40 to (50 feet high and is
abundant in the wood referred to above. In the same wood are
Altingia chinensis, Liquiclambar formosana, Elaeocarpus Griflithii,
Pentaphylax euryoides and Rhododendron Westlandii, and on rocks
at the edge of the wood Erin rosea.
19. Casearia greiciaefolia, Vent.In a wood at Ukautang, Hong-
kong New Territories. Hongkong Herb. No. 10,931. The first
record for China and an extension of the known specific area from
Malaya and the Philippines.
Acanthopanax spinosum, Miq.At Ying Tak and various places
along the North River. Hongkong Herb. No. 10,(534. The species
was previously collected at Swatow.
Lonicera affinis, Hook, et Arn.At Lien Kong Hou, North
River. Hongkong Herb. No. 10,815. The second record for Kwang-
tung, having been previously collected at SwatoAv.
20. Uncaria rhynchophylla, Miq...”
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“...village
near Sun Wang Shek, North River. Hongkong I-lerb. No. 10,904.
Hemsley and Wilson describe the plant from Szechuen as a bush or
small tree 3 metres high ancl the variety laxiflora found in Hong-
kong conies under this designation. The North River specimens
however were umbrageous trees 30 feet high with trunks a foot in
diameter. The corolla in Wilson's No. 4093 from Szechuen in
Hongkong Herbarium, in the Hongkong variety Laxiflora and in the
Kwangtung specimens is 4-lobed.
Psycliotria Tutcheri, Dunn.Not common, in woods atPolohang,
North River. Hongkong Herb. No. 10,755. Not previously found
out of Hongkong.
Aster striatum, Champ.At Kanghau, Hongkong New Terri-
tories, and in grass fields at Ying Tak, North River. Hongkong
Herb. Nos. 8165 and 10,638. The first records outside of Hong-
kong.
23. Gynura bicolor, DC.At Lien Kong Hou, North River.
Hongkong Herb. No. 10,812. Recorded from Yunnan, Szechuen and
Formosa but not previously fvom Kwangtung.
24. Senecio Oldhamiatius, Ma^im...”
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“...M 34
On the outskirts of a wood near the village Sheungsliui,
Hongkong New Territories, where it forms dense masses. Hong-
kong Herb. No. 10,948. This differs from its nearest ally A. vestita,
Wall., in its oblaneeolate leaves and much smaller flowers.
27. Diospyros Tatcheri, Dunn.In a watercourse on the south
side of Mt. Gough, Hongkong. Hongkong Herb. No. 9,995. Only
one male and one female tree seen.
28. Styrax confusus, Hemsl.On Lantao Island, native collec-
tor. Hongkong Herb. No. 143 of 1889. Inadvertently omitted in
Dunn and Tutcher's Flora of Kwangtung and Hongkong.
29. Osmanthus Matsuvturanas, Hayata.Trees about 20 feet high
on the banks of a stream near Taiwai, Hongkong New Territories.
Hongkong Herb. No. 10,949. I have not seen Hayata's plant but
my specimens agree with the description. A westward extension of
the known specific area from Formosa if correctly determined.
30. Lixjustvum strongylophyllum, Hemsl.On the sea-shore at
Cheung Mi, Hongkong New Territories. Hongkong...”
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Alpinia staciu/odes, Hance.At Kanghau and Ukautang, Hong-
kong New Territories. Hongkong Herb. No. 10,952. Not previously
found out of the island of Hongkong.
45. Lycoris radiata, Herb.At Samkong, N. W. Kwangtung,
Professor R. Mell. Hongkong Herb. No. 10.945. Also in the
adjoining provinces of Kwangsi and Fokien.
46. Dioseorea daemona, Roxb.On a hill at Homuntin, Kowloon.
Hongkong Herb. No. 10,953. Known from southern China and
Formosa but not previously recorded from Kwangtung.
J uncus alatus, Franch.At Slim Cheung Sha Tau, North
River. Hongkong Herb. No. 10,872. An extension of its known
specific area from Hupeh and Swatow.
Asplenium chinense, Bak.At Polohang, North River. Hong-
kong Herb. No, 10,737. Previously recorded from Canton....”
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“...ia, Lyeemun
and Stonecuttersare still open and have a total of 116 children
attending.
"The Army School at Kowloon has been temporarily closed,
and the scholars from it attend the local Civilian Schools.
" The plan of outdoor classes under matshed roofs has been
tried, and proves to be a decided success.
" The results of the year's working have been particularly good,
and in the writing competition open to all Army Schools in the
British Empire a large proportion of prizes was taken by the Hong-
kong children : one of the pupils at Garden Road School taking the
First Prize for children under 13 years of age."
Police School.
31. The Police School is an evening school for European,
Indian and Chinese Members of the Police Force and Gaol Staff.
It is staffed by an English Master and 3 Indian Masters from the
Education Department, and is under the control of the Captain
Superintendent of Police. The average attendance was 42, as
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“...Marine Lot 53, Garden Lots 5 and
31 and Rural Building Lots 1(5 and 120. In Kowloon, there were
extensions to Kowloon Inland Lots 948, 949, 975, 970, 9(58, 552 and
1076 and Kowloon Marine Lot 90, and in New Kowloon to Xew
Kowloon Inland Lot 53.
There were no extensions granted by the Assistant, District
Officer at Taipo or the Assistant District Officer at Hongkong.
9. Con versions and Exchanges.:ln Hongkong, Inland Lots
2065, 2066 and 20(57 were granted in exchange for Farm Lot 45,
Wong Nei (/hong, and Shaukiwan Inland Lot 434 was granted in
exchange for Shaukiwan Lots 21(5, 217, 218 and 219.
There were no conversions or exchanges in Kowloon.
In New Kowloon, New Kowloon Inland Lot (51 was granted in
exchange for Lot 417, S.D. I V. Xew Kowloon Inland Lot, 62 for a
portion of Lot 423, S.D. IV, New Kowloon Inland Lot, (55 for a
portion of Lot 57(52, S.D. I, New Kowloon inland Lot, 66 for a...”
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A contour survey was also made ol: a part, of Wong- Nei
('hong Valley, covering an area of about 26 acres, contours being-
run at 10 feet intervals. The Wong Nei C'hong Farm Lots, cover-
ing an area of about 32 acres, were also surveyed.
Good progress was made with the Ordnance Survey of the
Peak District which is now almost complete (see Map No. 1
enclosed).
One surveyor has been kept employed during the year
on the survey of the group of villages known as the Sliauki-
wan District, the work being plotted on the Ordnance Sheets.
This extensive survey is now nearly completed.
In Kowloon, in addition to the survey of Hung Horn, Wong
Nei Wu, Hok Un, Sliek Shan, Homuntin and Ma Ti Villages,
together with all the surrounding cultivation, a considerable amount
of revisionary work has been done, the Ordnance Sheets of which
will shortly be ready for printing.
In addition to the above, surveys were made of 29 lots of hind
in Hongkong and Kowloon, covering an area of 445,278 sq. ft...”
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“...in
Hongkong shows no general tendency to decrease. Statistics of
ordinary Chinese correspondence are now being kept in the Chinese
Branch of the General Post Office so that it will in future be possible
to give the total number of Chinese letters despatched from and
received in Hongkong.
The number of postal hong packets despatched from this branch
amounted to 7,331 and the number received to 9,075 as compared
with 7,590 despatched and 302* received in 1913, and 8,815 despatch-
ed and 9,879 received in I.9I2.
The small number received in 1913 was due to the despatch of most
of the hong packets from Canton to the Chinese Branch Post Ollicc,
General Post Ollice, where no postal hong statistics were kept....”
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