As already mentioned, this prov-wee is rich in forest products and produces enormous quantities ber and bamboo afforestation, therefore, has engaged the serio tion of the provincial author at least ten years. The Bureau Forest Service is situated in the outskirts of Hangchow with six branches n various parts of the p Statistics of the past nine veal that an area of 107. planted with 28,329.3 e s raised in the nurseries reach e number of 161,968,586 and in the we years over 780,000 were planted along the The bureau alo m thorough survey of the forests of the province. Its policy is to produce lumber as s fit for rai sleepers and other dustrial uses, Fishery Experiment ays, lakes and the urally lead food. and The Chekiang-Kiangsi Rail it is now called, origin ceived and planned as the several light railways to be ed by and within the province. Be first proposed in 1927, the line surveyed in 1929 and actual construction was started in 1930 with only 3 capital of $200,000. In spite of difficulties, it reached the border of Kiangsi in 1933, thus fulfilling the original plan and offering a valuable the unification of China. mentioned that for the of this part of the railway our new modern electric power plant of 15,000 kw. of Hangchow.
In 1934 a scheme was proposed to extend the line to Nanchang and then to Pinghsian in order to connect w the Canton-Hankow Railway. Th railway, subsidized partly by the Kiangsi Provincial Government and largely by Ministry of Railways, thi became the joint enterpr Kiangsi, Chekiang and the Min of Railways; hence its pr The extension to Nanchang has been opened to traffic for over one year, important Fishery Exveriment work con s; biologic tions; fish culture inva: no logical investigation: rudy of the construction ug vessels, and work on servatives and finn fish. The station service department concerned with ice-storage. the recon: exper ches of agriculture. entomology is maint: extensive studies of and how to eliminate t m; a separate institute is doing arch work on soils and chemical fertilizers.
Sericulture is also controlled by a l commission under the Provincial Government, which though independent, yet works closely with the icconstruction department. Cooperative societies are promoted, and ever 40 farmers banks and loan offices have been established in various districts of help the needy farmers.
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