VERDICTS.
Accidental Death,
Concussion of Spinal Cord, caused by a fall, Concussion of the Brain, produced by a blow or blows,
Died from the effects of a Wound received in the Chest,
Felo de Se,
Found Dead (cause of death unknown),
Found Drowned,
Fracture of Skull, caused by a fall, Manslaughter,
Met his Death during a fight, but that there is no evidence to show how,
Murder,
Natural Causes,
TABLE B.—Return of Inquests, 1881.
Europeans and Americans Chinese Indians and Malays Total Men. Women. Boys. Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Men. Women. Boys. 6 1 26 7 3 5 1 1 1 1 Do., in Gaol, 1 1 Overdose of Opium, 7 7 Still-born, 4 1 4 1 Suicide while in a state of Temporary Insanity, 2 1 1 2 Total, 11 48 12 1 1 1 2 1 67 223 12 12 1 1 107 OF TH 1 2 56 19 9 12 3 1 111TABLE C.—Return of Burials without Inquest, 1881.
Reason why no Inquest was held. Europeans and Americans. Chinese, Indians. Total. Men. Women. Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Very much decomposed; sex not ascertain. No suspicious circumstances, No evidence decomposed or State of Body, $ 20 4 8 10 19 11 Post Mortem satisfactory, 2 4. 2 3 Total.. 0 30 7 27 24 Found on Shore. 46 Found in Harbour. 15 22 4 5 Un-known. N 39 17 22 12 * 97 23 41 27Coroner's Office, Hongkong, 3rd March, 1882.
II. E. WODEHOUSE,
Coroner.