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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19 JULY, IS84.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 255.
Under instructions from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, His Excellency Sir GEORGE FERGUSON BOWEN, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor of Hongkong, has been pleased to order that at the Consular Ports of China, the following Scale of Fees, under Paragraphs 9 and 10 of Schedule E of the Hongkong Ordinance 5 of 1874, shall be levied and paid by the Owners or Charterers of ships engaged under the Chinese Passengers' Act and local Ordinances
Survey of Ships under Chinese Passengers, Acts.
Ordinary survey of the ship and of her equipments, accommodation, distilling apparatus (if any), stores, light, ventilation and sanitary arrangements,.
Special Survey,.
Do.,
entailing unusual attention,....
$20
25
30
A special survey is to be deemed to be a survey requiring more than two visits by the Surveyor. When the case requires unusual attention, and occupies an unusual amount of the Surveyor's time, the higher fee of $30 will be charged :—
For the Medical Examination of each of the Passengers and Crew,.........25 cents.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th July, 1884.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 256.
The following Returns are published for general information.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th July, 1884.
RETURNS of BIRTHS and DEATHS for the Second Quarter of 1884, ending 30th June.
"DISTRICTS.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.
CHINESE.
DEATHS. BRITISH & FOREIGN COMMUNITY.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
Boys. Girls. Males. Females. Boys. Girls.
Males. Females. British and Foreign, 15
Portuguese,
.12
Victoria,
12
33
26
14
129
102
426
436
Indians, &c.,
6
Kau-lung,
6
43
25
Non-Residents,
7
Shau-ki Wan,.
12
17
11
Aberdeen,
2
12
9
40
Stanley,
1
5
3
TOTAL,.. 12
33
26
14
150
122
503
484
Victoria, Sex
3
unknown,... j
GRAND TOTAL,
ANNUAL DEATH-RATE, PER
Total deaths of t
990
1884.
1,000, FOR 2ND QUARTER OF
Chinese, ...f
Whole Population,
25.68
Births,... 317
British & Foreign Community,
16.47
Deaths, ..1,030
Do. deducting non-Residents,
15.99
Chinese,
20.27
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 17th July, 1881.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Registrar General.