ABSTRACT OF RETURNS FURNISHED FROM EACH HOUSE,
Occupied by ChinNESE IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG, STATING THE NUMBER OF PERSONS RESIDENT THEREIN, AND MORTALITY, DURING THE YEAR ENDING THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1853.
GENERAL
OCCUPATION OF THE INHABITANTS.
Trade
Fishing and do.
Agriculture.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
102
Fishing and Trade. Do. & Agriculture.
Do. & Stone Cutter. Do. Do.
Do. and Trade. Do. Do.
Do. & Agriculture. Agriculture,
CHILDREN.
NAME OF DISTRICT OR PLACE.
MALE. FEMALE.
TOTAL
POPULATION MALE. FEMALE. OF EACH PLACE.
DEATHS DURING YEAR 1853.
IN THE
COLONY.
OUT OF THE COLONY.
TOTAL
MORTALITY.
City of Victoria,
Aberdeen and Vicinity,
Hongkong,
•
Hoong-heong-loo,
Pok-foo-lum,
Sai-wan,
Sei-ing-poon,
Shek-'o,
Sheak-tong-tsui,
Show-kewan,
Soo-koan-poo,
Stanley,
14,045 2,866
1,316 1,260
19,487
106
749
130
71
30
980
10
70
50
37
26
183
Ka-su-wan and Ka-su-wan,
30
20
G5
60
4
73
32
24
13
66
49
39
24
134
2
43
21
13
80
:
143
42
36
29
250
271
5
3
284
:
215
25
40
17
297
659
137
53
888
623
165
76
44
908
26
15
20 19 12
Tsut-chee-moy,
54
15
6
7
82
Ty-tam-took and Ty-tam,
49
30
25
12
116
Wong-ma-kok,
12
2
5
27
Wong-nee-choong,
106
94
68
46
314
co
Wong-kok-tsui,
35
12
12
1
60
:
It is known that
a great proportion of Chinese when seized with severe illness leave this Colony for their native places, consequently the deaths oc- curring out of the Colony are much more numerous than those in the Colony. I estimate the deaths occurring out of the
Colony
at
820.
17,245
3,674
1,821
1,567
24,294
Bodies found exposed, Died in Jail, and Government Civil Hospital.
173
56
Do.
Do.
Do.
1,049
C. MAY,
Officiating Registrar General.
229
820