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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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“...H 2 - 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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“...- M 36 - 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 against 51 last year. The decrease in attendance is probably...”
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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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“...P 113 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....”