1841-1886
REPORTS EXHIBITING THE PAST AND PRESENT
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Enclosure in No. 36.
RETURN of the average Number of Prisoners confined in the Victoria Gaol during every Day of each Month, for the Year 1853.
Months. Europeans. Chinese and Coloured Total Deaths. Remarks January 55 98 154 3 February 29 1134 1423 March 17 105 1224 April 24 103 128 May 27 1234 1501 June 34 1183 1522 July 18 125 1444 August 24 1038 128 September 1064 147+ October 46 1064 1534 November 26 974 1244 December 20 39+ 110 366 1,292 1,658 Average number of prisoners each day during the year Total deaths Mortality, per cent.Enclosure in No. 36.
1 European from diarrhœs. {2 Chinese from dysentery.
(Signed)
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C. MAY,
Acting Sheriff
MEMORANDUM showing the Number of Deaths which have occurred in the Garrison of Hong Kong, during the Year 1853.
Description of Troops. PERIOD. Quarter ending 30th Sept. Quarter ending 31st March. Quarter ending 30th June. Quarter ending 31st Dec. Average Strength during the Year. Number of Deaths during the Year. Proportion of Deaths to average. Strength. Proportion of Deaths to entire Force. Europeans Natives Average Strength. Deaths. Average Strength. Deaths. Average Strength. Deaths. Average Strength. Deaths. 569 10 657 3 343 $ 645 14 645 14 629 36 3.7 341 2 268 3 326 18 5*3 955 54(Signed)
P. MACLEAN, Captain.
For Brigade Major.
Enclosure in No. 36.
REPORT on the Five Chinese Schools receiving Government Aid
SIR,
Victoria, Hong Kong, 16th January 1854.
IN reply to your letter, No. 256, of the 10th of December, 1853, calling for a report of the government elementary schools during the year 1853, we have the honour to state, for the information of his Excellency the Governor, that,
1. The attendance of boys at the schools has averaged 21 for each school, the greatest number being at the Victoria school, 31; and the smallest, 12, at the Stanley school