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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH APRIL, 1875.
CORONER'S RETURNS.
TABLE A.- Return of all Coroner's Cases, 1874.
Inquest Held.
Buried without Inquest.
Grand Total.
Nationality.
Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Total. Men. Women, Boys. Girls. Total. 1874. 1873.
Europeans and Americans,
J2
Chinese,
49
8
Malays and Indians,
2
12
1
59
28
3
2
Manilamen,...
West Indians,...
Total,
63
8
1
1
73
29
I
13
24
69
128 2
151
3
1
1
GO
3
17
21
70 143
180
Hongkong, 20th February, 1875.
TABLE B.-Return of Inquests, 1874.
Verdicts.
Accidental Death,
Accidentally Drowned,
Excessive Drinking,
Felo de Se,
Manslaughter,
* Natural Causes,
*
Do..
in Gaol,
Overdose of Opium,...........
Suicide whilst Insane,
Wilful Murder,.............
Total,.
J. RUSSELL,
Coroner.
Europeans
Indians and Manila-
Chinese.
and Americans.
Malays. men. Total.
Men. Women. Men. Women. Boys. Girls.
Men.
Men.
1
1
95:707,
1
1
12
1
7
2
9
22
15
1
12
2
50
1
1
2
* Chiefly heart diseases, and general debility arising from Diarrhoea.
Hongkong, 20th February, 1875.
TABLE C. *Returns of Burials without Inquest, 1874.
J. RUSSELL, Coroner.
In- dians.
Found on Shore.
Found in Harbor.
Total.
Europeans
Chinese.
Reason why no Inquest was held.
and Americans.
Men. Women. Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Men.
No suspicious Circumstances,
1
No evidence and State of Body,...
or
Post Mortem satisfactory, Death occurred outside Juris-
diction,
Total,..
1
212
73
Known. Unknown. Known. Unknown.
4
1
3
2
11
6
1
22
3
15
17
57
2
10
1
1
1
1
1
:
***
28
4
18
19
***
70
9
11
:
4
,
45
1
50
* This return does not contain any of the Typhoon cases, the number of which was so large that a general order had to be issued to the Police to bury all bodies whose death was clearly due to the typhoon, on ascertaining the names of the deceased, (where possible), nationality, sex and probable age,
for purposes of registration.
Hongkong, 20th February, 1875.
No. 65.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
J. RUSSELL,
Coroner.
His Excellency the Administrator has been pleased to appoint, provisionally and subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, JAMES PAINTER MACEWEN, Esquire, to be Assistant Harbor Master, and Collector of Light Dues.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th April, 1875.