Enclosure 6.
RETURN of the NUMBER and DESCRIPTION of CHINESE VESSELS anchored or plying in the Harbour and Bays of Hong Kong, on the 31st December 1831, specifying the Number of Persons on board.
DESCRIPTION
of
BOATS,
VICTORIA ABERDEEN STANLEY SAIWAN AND SHOWKEWAN TOTAL No. of Boats 1 Male Female Male, Children Female, Children No. of Boats Male *JAMIA Søeak 01. Female Male, Children Childr Female, Children Description No. of Boats Male Female Male, Children Female, Children Junks 4 162 Trading Boats 16 181 2 40 46 368 138 97 29 6 36 162 162 70 625 146 104 33 908 Passage Boats 10 $5 4 6 Salt Boats 32 448 14 Stone Boats 52 ****** 13 140 2 10 6 5 42 .1 3 2 - 10 4 $ 14 115 10 14 146 # *- 1 53 640 640 2 - 11 83 12 12 5 112 + 3 37 - I 37 Lorchas 3 THE 37 - - 27 167 71 40 38 Cargo Boats 27 167 71 38 40 Sy I Fishing Boats 30 178 97 45 28 G9 315 207 138 72 87 435 232 311 270 26 130 35 29 18 16 1 5 10 ** 3 216 1,074 $81 528 391 2,574 11 79 13 16 8 116 Wood Boats 5 41 38 13 16 . * Hakows and Pullaway Boats 220 897 210 87 28 84 68 42 27 - # # 1 - 248 481 276 129 118 1,004 8 18 2 3 4 Cooking Boats 4 9 3 * 2 3 1 Water Boats 3 19 2 $ 1 - Sampans 534 1,117 332 112 97 296 $92 316 142 137 261 641 ,, 』 5 25 J 1 218 190 145 12 3 6 7 12 39 1,112 2,401 869 455 386 4,111 ཝིམིཀྑཱ 25 Total 893 2,903 714 290 261 426 1,249 618 352 250 400 $88 1,486 598 444 47 214 50 51 32 16 55 10 10 3 1,782 5,907 1,980 1,301 Grand Total 990 10,178(Signed) C. MAY,
Officiating Registrar General.
1841-1886
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