THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH AUGUST, 1869.
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No. 9.-CENSUS of Hongkong for each Year on 31st December from 1858 to 1867, and CENSUS 1868-69, exclusive of Military and Naval Departments.
1858. 1859. 1860. 1861.1862. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. 1867. 1808-09.
Persons. Persons. Persons. Persons. Persons. Persons. Persons. Persons. Persons. Persons. Persons.
Europeans and Americans, .
Goa, Manila, Indian and others of mixed blood, Aliens chiefly Seamen and Temporary Residents, Chinese in the employ of Europeans,.......
1,109
1,034 1,592
566
477
784
82
150
100
2,618
Chinese residing in Victoria,
42,799
Chinese residing in Villages,
3,166 45,053 4,704 4,574
3,940 4,111
1,268 100 4,897
1,336 100
1,557 1,604 1,644 1,963 2,034 2,113 2,151 1,284 100
2,289
4,937
1,488 100 6,239
1,645 150
1,231
1,150
997
200
250
130
6,836
6,658
6,451
6,739
52,916 61,958 63,380
65,351
67,743 73,803
€5,606 75,743
72,959
5,276 11,215
12,297
12,550
11,836
11,371
Chinese Boat Population in Victoria Harbour, 16,277 | · 14,701 Other than Victoria Harbour,
Vagrants,
Emigrants,
1,500 200
5,648 16,136 1,500 150
Street Coolies,
17,417 18,871 21,336 11,142 12,038 1,600 2,508 150 229 5,000
20,699
20,991
19,153
9,618 9,951 11,164
13,855 13,030
14,033
10.303
9,838 8,343
2,500 200
Prisoners, &c.,
450
5,000 626
2,500 200 5,000 695
2,000
7,732 13,099 8,293 2,000 2,000
8,496
...
795
780
718
452
478
75,503 86,941
94,917 119,321|123,511 | 124,850 | 121,498 | 125,504 | 115,098 117,471 117,285
ALFRED LISTER,
Acting Registrar General.
Registrar General's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th August, 1869.
No. 95.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Copy of a Printed Paper announcing the subject of the Prize Essay of the Cobden Club for next year, has been received from the Right Honorable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, and is published for general information.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th August, 1869.
COBDEN CLUB.
The subject of the Prize Essay for the Gold Medal of the Club for the year 1869, is-
“Free Trade in its relation to the Colonies and Dependencies of Great Britain.”
The Essays, identified by a Motto (with the Names and Addresses of the Writers enclosed in a sealed envelope), must be sent to THOMAS BAYLEY POTTER, M.P. Reform Club, London, before the 1st January, 1870. No Essay is to exceed in length fifty pages of the "Quarterly" or " North American" Reviews.
The Committee reserve the right of publishing the successful Essay.
No. 96.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, until Noon on Tuesday, the 24th instant, for the supply of the undermentioned Articles for the use of the Police Department, for Six Months from the 1st proximo until the 28th February, 1870, viz:-
Oil per jar of 24 catties; Lamp Wick, large and small, per doz.; Buckets, Tubs, each; Salt and Soap, per lb.; Gram, Bran, Paddy, Oats and Straw, per picul; and Hay, per truss.
The above Articles must be of good quality, deliverable at the Central Police Barracks, at such time and in such quantities as may be required.
Any further particulars will be given on application at the Office of the Captain Superintendent
of Police.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th August, 1869.
No. 97.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B., has been pleased to appoint WARD PRESTAGE, Esquire, Clerk of Works, to be a Valuator under the provisions of "The Police and Lighting Rate Ordinance, 1863," from the 7th instant, provisionally, and until further notice, vice JAMES COLLINS, Esquire, resigned.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th August, 1869.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.