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MCR - Miscellaneous Reports Collection
- 4 - China and Japan
  - 3 - Hong Kong

Ref No	MCR/4/3/2
Alt Ref No	MR/99
Alt Ref No	geographical classification 4.41
Title	Hong Kong: Botanic Gardens: Miscellaneous Reports
Description	Manucript letters and reports, printed documents and press cuttings regarding the Hong Kong Botanic Gardens, with colour map on tracing paper. Volume includes letters to Joseph Hooker and Thiselton-Dyer, with letters and reports from Thiselton-Dyer, Oliver, Charles Ford, and the Colonial Office. Includes papers regarding progress of the Botanic Garden, and on sending speciments to Kew from Hong Kong, including manuscript report on the Botanical and Afforestation Department, 1878. Printed material includes: - 'First Annual Report on the Government Gardens, and Tree Planting Department' (1872) - 'Report of Mr Ford, 21 Dec 1876' - 'List of Herbarium Specimen Plants, Presented to Professor Nordenskiöld for the "Vega" Expedition' (12 Nov 1879) - 'Report by the Superintendent of Gardens and Plantations on Afforestation in Hongkong' (1880) - 'Report of the Superintendent of Gardens and Plantations' (1879) [includes history of the Gardens Department since 1871] - 'Report on the Progress and Condition of the Botanical and Afforestation Department for the year 1880' - 'Report on the Botanical and Afforestation Department for the year 1881' - 'Annual Report on the Work of this Department for the year 1882' - 'Annual Report of the Superintendent of Botanical and Afforestation Department for the year 1883' - 'Report for 1884 of the Superintendent of the Botanical and Afforestation Department' - 'Report of the Acting Superintendent of the Botanical and Afforestation Department, for 1885' - Charles Ford, HONGKONG. ANNUAL REPORT ON THE BOTANICAL AND AFFORESTATION DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1886 (Hongkong: Noronha and Co, 1887) - Charles Ford, HONGKONG. ANNUAL REPORT ON THE BOTANICAL AND AFFORESTATION DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1887 (Hongkong: Noronha and Co, 1888) - Charles Ford, HONGKONG. ANNUAL REPORT ON THE BOTANICAL AND AFFORESTATION DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1888 (Hongkong: Noronha and Co, 1889) - Charles Ford, HONGKONG. ANNUAL REPORT ON THE BOTANICAL AND AFFORESTATION DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1889 (Hongkong: Noronha and Co, 1890) - Charles Ford, HONGKONG. ANNUAL REPORT ON THE BOTANICAL AND AFFORESTATION DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1890 (Hongkong: Noronha and Co, 1891).
Date	22 Oct 1863-4 Jul 1891
Subject	Botanical gardens
	Botanical specimens
	Colonies--Administration
Format	Manuscript papers
	Published documents
	Press cuttings
Collection Title	Miscellaneous Reports
Level	File
Extent	1 volume
Language	English

Associated persons and organisations

Code	Name	Dates
DS/UK/485	Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens
DS/UK/89	Hooker; Sir; Joseph Dalton (1817-1911); Knight; Botanist and second director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	1817-1911
DS/UK/90	Thiselton-Dyer; Sir; William (1843-1928); Knight; British botanist and third director of Kew	1843-1928
DS/UK/451	Oliver; Daniel (1830-1916); English botanist	1830-1916
DS/UK/482	Ford; Charles (1844-1927); Horticulturist	1844-1927
DS/UK/153	Great Britain and Ireland; Colonial Office; 1854-1966	1854-1966
DS/UK/520	British Hong Kong; Botanical and Forestry Department

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