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No. 5.
Enclosure.
46
No.
11
1900
HONGKONG.
CORONER'S RETURNS FOR 1899.
+ 12546
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of Ne
His Excellency the Governor.
224 APR 00
MAGISTRACY,
HONGKONG, 25th January, 1900.
SIR--I have the honour to forward herewith the usual Annual Returns for the year 1899 in connection with all cases of death brought to the notice of the Police Magistrate acting as Coroner daring the year.
I have the honour to be,
Sir.
The Honourable
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.
Your most obedient Servant,
H. II. J. GoMPERTZ,
Acting Police Magistrate.
TABLE A.-RETURN OF ALL DEATHS REPORTED DURING THE YEAR 1899.
Formal Enquiries Hell.
Buried without Formal Enquiries.
NATIONALITY.
Men.
Women. Boys. Girls, Total. Men. Women. Boys. Girls.
Sex not ascertainable.
Tolal
Europeans and Americans,
8
Chinese,
44
Indigus.
1
Nationality Unknown.........................
1
9
12
2
i
15
ភ
619
106 422 !396
X
1,641
2
1
Total,
54
4
2
N
62
633
198 428 396
1658
Total for 1898,.
97
3
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32 433
176 379
358
25
1,355
Magistracy, Hongkong, 25th January, 1900.
H. H. J. GoMPERTZ,
Acting Police Magistrate,
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