PRESENT STATE of the Troops serving in the Island of Hong Kong.-Victoria, April, 1847.
Non-Commissioned Officers, Rank and File.
Corps and Detachments and by whom Commanded.
Distribution.
Corps Fit for duty Sick In confinement Total Victoria. Royal Artillery. Victoria. Detachment, Royal Sappers and Miners. By Lieut. Lillie, 18th R. I. Regiment. Victoria. Detachment, 18th R. I. Regiment. By Lieut. Lillie. Fit for duty Sick Sick Orderlies Staff employ Acting Serjeants In custody of civil power In confinement Victoria. 42nd Regiment M. N. I. By Captain Burton. Fit for duty 212 212 Sick 9 9 Sick Orderlies Regimental employ In confinement 5 5 Total 226 Havildars. 3 3 Corporals. 2 2 Lance Corporals. 5 5 Naiques. 2 2 Drummers. 3 3 Privates. 100 100 Stanley. Detachment, 42nd Regiment M. N. I. By Lieut. Gibbon. Saiwan. Detachment, 42nd Regiment M. N. I. By a Havildar. Total 42nd Regt. M. N.I. 212 9 5 226 Grand Total Fit for duty 424 424 Sick 17 17 Sick Orderlies In confinement 13 13 Total 482 Add Troops returned from Canton on the 8th April, 1847 Total under my Command(Signed) W. CAINE, Major-Commandant.
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