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an Ordinance,
deemned it right to pass seeting the property and management. of the Church, partly in Trustees chozen- by the subscribers, and partly in others nominated by the Governor - A copy of the Ordinance in question will be- transmitted by
the next. mail...
Under the head of Legislation, Legislation
only seven Ordinances were- passed during
the
these were
· year 1846, and four of these to amend or modify the provisions of previously existing laws. - The most- important enactment.
of the year
-
has.
been Ordinance N. 3 for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, which has received_ the sanction of Her Majesty - From Ordinance N7 for the more
effectual Registration of the Chinese-Inhabitants, S'anticipate the best effects.
Some
apparent diminution in to the gross amount of the Chinese
Population.
with last year,
population as compared with last- is explainable by a more careful eyetem of registration, which, while it gives a truer
account of the actual number, relieves us
hung.
from those who and only applied for
uite.
-
loose on
the community,
tickets to make a bad
2. of them. The number of females and of families has increased.
from last year,
and
"this (as I before sterved. ) is a very favourable indication, being syruptomatic of
fived habits, and a confidence in our-
Government.
The return
exclusive
return of Population is entirely of the Thops, which amount to about. 1300- The English population is 618,
of whom 167 are
strangers
females; and the resident.
amount in all to 768.-
In my
my Deepatch to Viscount Palmerston N. 183 of December 28th, I took recasion to point out the remarkable fact, that the progress of this fotony presents a most