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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH MAY, 1871.
CENSUS of Hongkong for each Year on 31st December from 1858 to 1869, and CENSUS 1870-71, exclusive of Military, Nuval and Police Establishments.
1858.
1859.
1800. 1861.
1802.
1863.
1864.
1805. 1806.
1867. 1868-69. 1870-71.
Europeans and Americans,
1,109
Gon, Manila, Indian and others |
of mixed blood,
566
1,034
477
1,592
1,644
1,336
Persons. Persons. Persons. Persons. Persons. Persons. Persons. Persons. Persons. ĮPersons. |Persons. Persons,
1,004 1,557 784 1,284 1,208
1,903
2,031 2,113
2,151
2,280
2,738
1,438
1,231 1,045
1,150
997
1,388
Aliens,chiefly Seamen and Tem-
82
150
100
100
100
100
100
200
porary Residents,..
Chinese in the employ of E'peans,
2,618
3,160
3.940
4,111
4,897
4,937
6,239
Chinese residing in Victoria,
42,799
45,053 52,916
61,958
63,380
65,351
67,748
Chinese residing in Villages,
4,704
4,574
5,276
11,215
12,207
12,550
11,836 | 11,371
150
6,836 6.058 73,803
65,600
9,618 9,951 11,164 | 10,507
250
130
57
6.451 6,739
7.617
75,743 72,959
72,984
Chinese Boat Population in
16,277
14,701
17,417
18,871
21,336
20,009
20,991
19,153
13,855
13,030
14,033 | 12,309
Victoria Harbour,
Other than Victoria Harbour,
5,648 16,136
11,142
12,023
10,303
9.838
8,343
7,732
18,009
8,293
8,498
11,400
Vagrants,
1,500 1,500
1,600
2,608
2,500
2,500
2,000
2,000
2,000
Emigrants,
200
150
150
Street Coolies,
Prisouers, &c.,.
229 5,000 450
200
200
5,000
626
5,000 695
795
780
718
452
478
479
75,505 $6,941
04,917 11,821 123,511|124,850 121,498 125,501 115,098 117,471 117,285 119,477
No. 69.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tenders will be received by the Honorable the Registrar General, until Monday, the 12th proximo, for cleansing the Public Dust Bins, and removing the Night Soil from Public Latrines and Colonial Public Buildings in Victoria, for Twelve Months, commencing on the 1st July next.
The Contractor will be bound by the Rules and Regulations made by the Governor in Council on the 21st Day of June, 1867, and by such other Rules and Regulations as may be passed during the period over which the Contract extends.
Each Tender must specify the exact amount offered for the whole year, which sum will be payable in advance, and they inust contain the Names and Residences of the proposed Suretics.
Further particulars regarding the number and position of the Latrines, Dust Bins, etc., can be obtained from the Surveyor General's Office.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th May, 1871.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
No. 70.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 30th April, 1871, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th May, 1871.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE
AMOUNT..
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
Oriental Bank Corporation,.
248,982
82,994
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,.
394,625
150,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,.
180,050
100,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,.
1,453,396
600,000
TOTAL,....
2,277,053
932,994