# VERDICTS.
## TABLE B.-Return of Inquests, 1883.
Europeans and Americans Chinese Indians Men Women Boys Men Women Boys Girls Men Women Boys Accidental Death, 2 Accidentally killed by being washed away in a storm of rain, 1 Death occurred from narcotic poisoning, 1 Death by misadventure. 1 Deceased died from the effect of a wound, but under what circumstances inflicted, and by whom given there is no sufficient evidence to show.... 1 Deceased died by falling against a block of granite in the course of an attempt made to rescue him from the lawful custody of a watchman, 1 Deceased died from the effects of a fall in jumping out of a window, 1 Deceased came to his death by taking an overdose of laudanum, 1 Felo de Se, 1 Found Dead, 8 4 ... 3 Found Drowned, 16 1 Manslaughter, 1 Murder, 1 Natural Causes, 1 Natural Causes in Gaol, 1 Overdose of Opium, 1 Suicide while in an Unsound State of Mind, 2 Total, 2 1 48 5 ... 3 Total, 3 53 3## TABLE C.-Return of Burials without Inquest, 1883.
Reason why no Inquest was held. Europeans and Americans Chinese Indians Men Women Men Women Boys Girls Men Women No suspicious circumstances, and No evidence or decomposed State of Body, 1 1 14 8 13 1 Very much decomposed; sex not ascertainable. 1 Found on Shore. 26 6 Found in Harbour, 24 27 Total. 87 41 13 17 Known. 1 20 17 11 Un-known. 62 2 29 7 4 12 00 8 21 37 6 Post mortem satisfactory, 2 Total, 3 1 161 68 8 1 Total,.. 4 237 1Coroner's Office, Hongkong, 1st February, 1884.
H. E. WODEHOUSE.
Coroner.