S
number
the deceased being of Sailors and sojourners who cannot properly be considered to belong to the fixed Population of the Colony. - average monthly number of Prisoners confined in the dails during the
The
year
was 150,
150, and the
deaths amounted to 8, giving
all
average mortality of 5.33 per cent, as appears by the enclosed Return $27
average
110
from the Sheriff. The monthly number of huropean Prisoners was 20, among
whom casualty occurred. With regard to the mortality amongst the Chines Population, my despatches forwarding the Blue
for former years will have shown your Lordship the_ impossibility of obtaining accurate information
the subject.
Books
on
;
161
The Colonial Surgeon's Report
attached to the Blue Book contains all the information that it is possible to colleet, with reference to the general state of health, sickness, and mortality during the
past year.
1.8 . 9 . I beg to append a Memorandum
drawn
the
up at my request by the Brigade Majon, showing the number of deaths which have recurred, in the Garrison during
year
1850. This shows the mortality amongst all Bravekes the Military Service to have been 17.89 per cent, being 23 per cent amongst the huropean.
cent amongst
of
and 10 per cent a
い
the
native part of the Force, which averaged during the
year
625