Table XVII.
Monthly Return of Bodies of Chinese considered by the Registrar General to have been abandoned during the year 1909.
VICTORIA DISTRICTS.
Month Con- West. East. tral. January, 1 4 9 9 February, 5 5 0 19 March, 28 101 3 10 April, 5 11 1 6 May, 12 7 6 34 20 38 109 18 30 93 5 2 8 11 6 24 32 119 D June, 4 4 12 9 8 4 23 35 100 July, 2 4 10 12 12 28 38 107 August, 3 4 13 0 18 22 119 September, 2 10 10 6 18 28 51 October, 0 4 11 6 0 25 29 69 November, 1 3 1 N December, 2 4 4 12 572 10 8 2 21 26 63 14 7 7 12 9 6 22275 29 36 45 39 29 Total, 26 51 34 111 123 80 60 7 270 381 1,005 Total for 1908, 153 121 103 377 167 311 84 36 628 1.005 Monthly average, 2.1 4.2 2.8 9.2 10.2 6.6 +5 5.0 22.5 31.7 C 34