and with increase
of trade
came further increase of population.
The Registrar General's Returns are of course exclusive of Troops, and I may add that to the presence of these Troops, though much reduced in
number, is to be attributed the
confidence with which during
the recent disturbances the
Colony has been regarded.
7. The Colonial Surgeon's Report is interesting, and his remarks on the necessity of drainage and ventilation have already received
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consideration, but the habits of the Chinese render them
difficult to be dealt with in these respects. Small-pox seems to have been the principal scourge of the island during the past
year, and I think it may be said that with this
exception the climate is undoubtedly improved.
8. The report of the Chinese
Education Committee does not
show a very satisfactory result, but the attention of Government is directed to the subject.
9. That the Trade of the Colony is largely increasing