Enclosure in No. 36.
Abstract of Returns furnished from each House occupied by Chinese in the Colony of Hong Kong, stating the Number of Persons resident therein, and Mortality, during the Year ending the 31st December 1853.
1841-1886
REPORTS EXHIBITING THE PAST AND PRESENT
1,049
(Signed)
C. MAY,
Officiating Registrar General
Name of District or Place Male Female Children Total Population of each Place Male Female Total Mortality In the Colony Out of the Colony General Occupation of the Inhabitants City of Victoria 14,045 2,866 1,316 1,260 19,487 100 749 130 71 30 980 Trade Aberdeen and Vicinity 10 70 50 37 26 133 Fishing and trade Hong Kong 30 5 20 10 65 Do. Ka-su-wan and Ka-su-wan Do. Hoong-heong-loo 60 6 4 73 32 21 13 76 Fishing and trade. Do. and agriculture. Pok-foo-lum 49 39 24 134 43 21 13 83 Do. and stonecutter. Sai-wan 143 42 36 250 271 Do. Sei-ing-poon 5 5 28+ 215 25 40 297 Do. and trade. Shick-o 659 Do. Sheak-tong-tsui 137 53 30 888 Do. Show-kewan 26 Soo-konn-poo Stanley 623 165 76 009 15 ** to 12 Agriculture. Tsut-chee-moy 54 15 6 7 82 Do. Ty-tam-took and Ty-tam 49 30 25 12 116 Do. Wong ma-kok 12 8 2 27 Wong-nee-choong 106 94 68 46 314 Agriculture. Wong-kok-tsui 35 12 12 1 60 17 Do. 17,245 3,674 1,821 1,567 24,307 173 Bodies found exposed, died in Gaol, and Government Civil Hospital 66 229 820It is known that a great proportion of Chinese when seized with severe illness leave this colony for their native places consequently, the Deaths occurring out of the colony are more numerous than those in the colony.
I estimate the Deaths occurring out of the colony at 820.
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