SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG GOVT. GAZETTE OF 21ST MAY, 1887. 595
VERDICTS.
TABLE B.-RETURN OF INQUESTS, 1886.
Europeans and
Americans. Portuguese.
Chinese.
Indians.
Total.
Men. Women. Men. | Women. Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Men. Women.
Accidental death,..
7
Death caused by landslip,
Do. by burning,
Do. from apoplexy,
Do. by hanging,
Do. from concussion of the
brain,
Do. by violence in a scuffle,..
Felo de se,
Found dead,
Do. drowned,
Manslaughter,
Murder,..
Natural causes,
Do.,
in Gaol,
Overdose of Opiùm,.
Suicide while of unsound mind,.
Total,..
11
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:
:
:
31
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to :
2
7
4
:
...
51
2
3
8
4
6
11
3
3
10
6
9
80
14
7
120
TABLE C-RETURN OF BURIALS WITHOUT INQUEST, 1886.
Europeans and
Chinese.
Americans.
Reason why no Inquest was held.
No jurisdiction,
No suspicious circumstances,
No evidence and/or decomposed
state of Body,..
Men. Women. Men. Women. Boys. Girls.
1
2
41
1
27
29
8
34
222222
Indians.
Very much de-
Found on Land. Found in Harbour,
composed; Total.
sex not ascertain-
Known.
Un- known.
Known.
Un- known.
able.
:
1
1
***
100
22
60
1
17
1
9
74
31
1
42
Total,...
2
50
1
61
51
1
9
175
23
91
2
59
Coroner's Office, Hongkong 10th January, 1887.
N. G. MITCHELL-INNES, Coroner.
Printed and Published by NORONHA & Co., Printers to the Hongkong Government, Nos. 5, 7, and 9, Zetland Street.