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Enclosure 11268 529
RECO
leet 10 APR 00
Harbour Department,
Hongkong, 1st. March, 1900.
2.
In dupli
cate.
Sir,
I have the honour to forward as usual forthe
information of the Right Honourable the Secretary of
State for the Colonies, Summaries of the number of Chinese
who left and arrived at this Port in the Year 1899.
I must mention that the information con-
cerning those "arrived" is obtained from the Masters and
Agents of the various steamers, and that there is no
means of checking the number in this Office.
I have etc.,
The Honourable
The Acting Colonial Secretary.
(Sd.) R.Murray Rumsey.
Harbour Master, &c.