1841-1886
STATE OF HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS
8 | 1,242 4,457 (1,395 | 1,269
901
(Signed)
C. May, Superintendent of Police.
Victoria.
DESCRIPTION.
No.
'Children,'
No.
Children.
of
Boats.
Males. Fem.
of
Male Fem.
Males.] Fem. | Boats.]
No.
of Males. Fem. Į Buate.
Enclosure 5 in No. 15.
RETURN of the Number and Description of CHINESE VESSELS anchored or plying in the Harbours and Bays of HONG KONG, on the 31st December, 1849, specifying the Number
Aberileto.
of Persons on board.
Saiwan and Show-kee-wan.
Shek-o.
Total.
Childreu.
Stanley.
Children.
No.
Children.
Males Fem.
of
Fem.
No.
of Male
Males Fem.] Boats.
Males. Pem, | Boats;| | | |Boats.]
Sampans*
329
369
386
334
232
327
1,012
Stone-boats
455
317
263
76
30
Salt-boats
690
26
25
64
29
34
22
Fishing-boats
429
76
79
68
116
667
Cargo-boats **
70
1
TO
26
155
37
37
43
108
348
Passage-boata
173
161
101
3
65
92
44
15
10
148
Fast-boats and hakows
43
133
167
105
24
73
10
Junks
40
70
261
1
2
25
Trading-boats
14
63
1
16
Cooking-boats
39
94
20
Wood-buats
740 | 1,461
933
739
559
23
178
2
4
*38
658
3
30
209
1,241-
239
280
195
241
80
.10
*26
155
37
37
43
111
334
173
161
101
-40
70
261
.1
2
25
Enclosure 6 in No. 157
RETURN of the Average Number of PRISONERS Confined in VICTORIA GAOL during every day of each Month of the Year 1849.
25
Total
444
1,728
627
605
418
392 | 1,579
337
431
334
237
879
229
229
149
262
* About 200 Sampans are engaged in Fishing Trade.
(True copy)
W, CAINE, Colonial Secretary.
129
W. H. MITCHELL, Acting Sheriff,
Number of
Number of
REMARKS.
Prisoners.. Deaths,
January
126
Chinese died of Hospital Gangrene."
February
121
Ditto ditta.....
March
115
April
116
May
169
Indian died of Dysentery.
June
163
July
161
Chinese died of Consumption
Apaple
August
152
The number of Prisoners is taken from the daily Returns of the Gailes" The Retura includes Prisoners for Dabt, averaging throughout "the year, only three, persons daily ****one European, one Chinese, and one Indian,
September
163
October
4
November
182.
154
December
149
Chinese died of Dysentery,
Total Number
1,700
Average Population of the Prison throughout the Year, 147.
Total Deaths, G.
(True copy)
WV. Caine, Colonial Secretary, z
Mortality, 4·03 per cent.
(Signed)