THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH FEBRUARY, 1863.
registered in this Colony the Sum of Six Pence, one-half thereof to be by him retained and accounted for to and for the use of this Colony, and the other half thereof to be by tim retained and accounted for and paid over to the Imperial Postmaster General and all registered Correspondence and the Registration thereof shall be subject to all such And the same Rules and Regulations as were in force respecting the same on the said Third day of May, 1862, or as shall from time to time be hereafter enacted or provided in respect thereof by any Statute of the Imperial Parliament or by Her Majesty's Post- master General or by His Excellency the Governor. This Section shall be read and construed as if the same had originally been Section Eighteen of the said last mentioned Ordinance.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 6th Day of February, 1863. L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,
Clerk of Councils.
No. 12.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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This Section to be construed as if it had
been §18 of No. 8 of 1862.
The following Returns from the Registrar General, connected with the Population and Trade of the Colony, are published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd February, 1863.
W. H. ALEXANDER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 1.-CENSUS OF HONGKONG, 31st December, 1862,
POPULATION.
No. of HOUSES.
No. of BOATS.
TOTAL.
Men. Women. Boys.
Girls.
Europeans and Americans,
Goa, Manila, Indians and others of mixed blood,
Aliens, chiefly Seamen, and temporary residents,.
Chinese in employ of Europeans,..
Do. residing in Victoria,
Do. do. in Villages inclusive of Kowloon,
Boat population in Victoria,
Do. do. other than Victoria,
961
357
140
146
1,604
1,014
139
52
63
1,268
100
4,277
317
93
210
4,897
43,063
11,448
4,891
3,978
63,380
7,390
2,487
1,436
984
12,297
11,951
3,776
3,294
2,315
21,636
4,970
2,436
1,866
1,031
10,303
200-
Emigrants,
Persons living in Mat sheds,
Street Coolies,
Prisoners,
2,500 5,000
626
6,393
4,330
73,626
20,960 11,772
8,727
123,511
THOS. TURNER, Registrar General.
Registrar General's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st January, 1963.
No. 2. RETURN OF POPULATION OF HONGKONG, 31st December, 1862.
VICTORIA DISTRICT,
Chinese in employ of Europeans, .
Sub-Districts,
Sheak-tong-tsui, and Sei-ying-poon,
Sheong-wan,
Tai-ping-shan,
Choong-wan,
Ha-wan,
Wong-nei-choong,
Spo-Luu-poo,
Districts,-
Show-ke-wan,
Sai-wan,
Sheak-ho,
Ty-tam-took,
Stanley,.
Aberdeen,.
Heong-kong,
Pok-foo-lum,
Kow-loon,
Boat Population of Hongkong,
Temporary residents,
Persons living in Mat Sheds,.
Emigrants,
Street Coolies,............
Prisoners,
+
WHITE.
COLORED.
TOTAL.
Males. Females.
Males. Females. Males.
Females.
1,101
503
1,066
202
2,167
705
4,370
527
4,370
527
8,360
2,290
12,416
3,471
7,326
3,396
12,310
3,626
4,242
1,633
246
244
3,054
766
47,954 *. 15,426
1,435
375
90
72
209
121
55
31
969
448
1,362
286
187
131
55
31
4,401
1,967
8,826
3,471
:
22,081
9,558
22,081
9,559
100 2,500
200 5,000 626
93,821
29,687
Registrar General's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st January 1863.
THIOS. TURNER, Registrar General.