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viduals, societies, or companies, districts and provinces. And this con- 

 dition may be expected to continue even in face of a marked activity 

 on the part of the Central Government. Individuals, companies, and 

 small political units in China will have from the outset a nnich more 

 important place in reforestation projects than similar bodies have had 

 in the West. This is an important fact, and augurs well for the future 

 of forestry in China. 



The observance of Arbor Day is spreading widely and rapidly and 

 is becoming of increasing significance. It is a national holiday. It 

 is observed by high officials as well as the school children. With the 

 development of the school nursery idea, that is, for the secondary 

 schools to have their own school nurseries, as many western schools 

 have their school gardens, and the children get to raising their own 

 trees, it will add much to the influence of Arbor Day not only on the 

 children but also on the community. Arbor Day is rapidly becoming 

 indigeneous and may be expected to be one of the important factors 

 in hastening forestry development in China. 



The outstanding forestry development continues to be that of the 

 Kiangsu Provincial forestry station, started in 1916, located near the 

 famous Ming Tombs in Nanking, at the head of which is Mr. Somg 

 Sing-moo, a graduate of the Philippine School of Forestry, with twenty- 

 one assistants, two of whom also received their forestry education 

 in the Philippines. The budget for this work last year was .$3-1,000, 

 voted by the Kiangsu Provincial Assembly and paid wholly by the 

 province through the Provincial Department of Finance. Thirty-four 

 thousand mow of land have been replanted to date with two and a half 

 million of trees, including about one million of trees planted on 11,000 

 mow of land last spring. Three nurseries were maintained, with an 

 area of 371 mow, carrying 1,275,000 transplants and about 3,000,000 

 seedlings divided among seventy-three different species. Trees and 

 seeds for nurseries and over 50.000 trees for transplanting and for 

 use in the observance of Arbor Day were distributed to 186 district 

 officials, agricultural societies, agricultural and forestry stations, and 

 companies or individuals. There are three sub-stations already located 

 in important parts of the province with two more being planned for. 

 In response to a proclamation by the Governor two years ago instruct- 

 ing district officials to develop forest nurseries in their respective 

 districts for demonstration purposes as well as for supplying trees 

 for planting to the farmers, encouraging headway has been made, and 



