frequenters thereof
is given in the Governor's despatch dated 6th March
printed
last, copies of which accompanied the letter
From this Dept. of
then
[M 16043]
5th instant, of which
copy is inclosed herewith; for the information. A
(b) There
are
in this Office
statistics
showing the quantity of opium annually consumed in Hongkong,
nor will
the Governor be asked to furnish this information, if available, direct to the Royal Commission
in India.
(c) As to the death
rate in Hongkong,
I am to inclose to the Secretary of the Commission copies of the Colonial Surgeon's
Report for 1892, and
the Registrar General's Reports for up to end 1895 (referring especially
to the marked passage pp. 5 and 6), and
of the Registrar General's Report for
1891 (see pp. 5, 7, 8) and for 1892 (see
pp. 2, 3 and Tables
I, Ia, Ib and IX)