265 
reduced to 50 in 1886, since when there have been no further 
casualties. The following were the sizes of ten of the largest 
trees of 1879 on 29th March, 1888 :— 
| 
Td P Fus 
7 Height in 
so. feet BRE 
Š Piae perd 
] 39 291 Forked into two branches 4 feet from 
ground. 
2 431 7 Clean bole of E feet. 
3 40 8 
4 344 401 
5 361 391 Forked at 3 fect from enis 
6 381 271 Clean bole of 8 
7 363 31 v adi 3s 
8 30 18 e 6 
9 31 27 DW UOS 
10 21i 18} 8 
Propagation with rest de —In the rains of 1879, 24 cuttings 
from the young trees in the Forest Office compound were set out 
in wes pmo but ils experiment proved unsuccessful. 
attempts made from time to time met with no 
8 nt a 
fabio ab visi the AChE generally dying off during the iens 
year 
Propagation with seed.—In 1884, a few of the older trees 
aving commenced to seed, experiments were made, with the 
result that 51 iébdllhis were successfully raised. 
These, however, when tra wd spia into the main plantation, 
were speedily reduced in num 28 by attacks of white ants 
and the browsing off of the d ee by deer. 
The following year a large quantity of seed was procured from 
tho 50 older trees, but, not being sown immediately after collection, 
a great portion of it failed to germinate, and only 121 seedlings 
were raise 
- In the rains of 1886 better results were obtained by the timely 
n of the seed obtained from the older trees, and by e 
emoval of the husk enclosing the seed. As many 
PoBo. seedlings were raised, germination occupying three io 
our 
Seperiiente were continued in 1887, and 8,430 additional 
seedlings obtained. 
From Ceylon 54 seeds were received in d 1887, of which 
only al were fit to sow, but all failed to germin 
Stock on hand at end of March, 1888.—The ek of trees and 
plants in the plantation and nurseries was as follows at the end 
f March :— 
Trees set out in 
Seedlings of 1884 jt 21896 set out in the main plantation 
0' x 
2 
the nurseries ready for transplanting ‘and | of 1886 3,609 
” Meteibattod of 1887 = 8. 
Grand total m s 14,841 
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