1887-1903
10.-COUNCILS AND ASSEMBLIES.
95
Executive Council.-The Honourable J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Registrar General, and the Honourable N. G. MITCHELL-INNES, Colonial Treasurer, were admitted Members of the Executive Council. The Honourable A. J. LEACH joined the Council on appointment as Acting Attorney General.
Legislative Council.-The Honourable J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Registrar General, and the Honourable N. G. MITCHELL-INNES, Colonial Treasurer, were admitted Members of the Council. The Honourable F. A. COOPER and the Honourable W. C. H. HASTINGS joined the Council on appointment as Acting Surveyor General and Acting Harbour Master respectively.
Sanitary Board.-The Honourable J. H. S. LOCKHART appointed Chairman, vice The Honourable J. BROWN. Mr. LEUNG YUEN appointed vice Mr. WONG SHING, resigned.
Board of Examiners.-No changes were made.
11.-CIVIL ESTABLISHMENT.
Sir G. WILLIAM DES VOEUX was absent from the Colony, by permission, from the 7th May till his retirement, and during his absence Major-General G. DIGBY BARKER, C.B., administered the Government. The Honourable Francis FLEMING, C.M.G., was absent on leave from February till the end of the year. Mr. GOODMAN acted during his absence. The Honourable W. M. DEANE, C.M.G., Captain Superintendent of Police, was pensioned.
Temporary changes occurred in various Departments owing to Officers going on or returning from leave.
12.-OFFICERS WHO HAVE GIVEN SECURITY FOR THE DISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTIES.
The validity of the sureties of the various Officers was duly enquired into at the end of the year and found to be satisfactory.
13.-PENSIONS.
The following Officers retired on pension during the year-
2 Heads of Departments, 2 Turnkeys, 2 Overseers of Works, 2 Inspectors of Police and 19 Police Constables.
14.-EXPENDITURE OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
The amounts paid during the year on account of the Departments were:-
Payments in Great Britain in Sterling money, .......................£24,724. 6s. 8d.
Payments in the Colony in Local Currency, .......................$916,809.71
15.-FOREIGN CONSULS.
No new Consulates were established in the Colony during 1891.
16.-POPULATION.
The estimated population on the 31st December, 1890, was 198,742, which is 4,260 more than the estimated population at the end of 1889.
The census was taken in 1891, the population being returned as 221,441, of which 157,585 were males, and 63,856 females.
The following is the mean estimated population for the last 9 years:
Years. Males. Females. Total. 1883 124,768 48,707 173,475 1884 130,560 50,969 181,529 1885 137,079 53,515 190,594 1886 144,550 56,440 200,990 1887 152,427 60,524 212,951 1888 154,500 61,300 215,800 1889 138,033 56,449 194,482 1890 198,742 1891 159,969 61,845 221,814