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C.O./133

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE

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No. 1–Classification and Number of Public and Private Buildings, in the COLONY OF HONGKONG, during the Year 1858.

Classification European Victoria Villages Total
Public Offices, Barracks, Guard Rooms, Police Stations, and other Government Buildings 4 356 ... ...
Churches and Chapels, Mosques, Chinese Temples, &c. ... 24 ... ...
Merchants Houses, and First-class Buildings, assessed at and above £100 per annum value, (occupied) ... 16 ... ...
Shops and Private Dwellings below value £100 (occupied) ... 127 ... ...
Houses untenanted 127 410 ... ...
Total 356 552 ... ...

No. 2–Classification of Chinese Trades and Occupations in the COLONY OF HONGKONG, during the Year 1858.

Trade Victoria Villages Total
Bakers ... ... ...
Bamboo Workers ... ... ...
Barbers 12 18 48
Bathing Houses 22 ... ...
Bean-curd Sellers 211 ... ...
Bird Sellers 23 ... ...
Blacksmiths 43 ... ...
Boat Builders' Sheds ... ... ...
Braziers and Coppersmiths 33 13 ...
Brothels 137 137 274
Brokers, General Agents, Fokein Traders 40 40 80
Carpenters 116 124 4
Cattle Sheds ... ... ...
Caulkers and Chandlers 439 ... ...
Charcoal and Firewood Dealers ... ... ...
Confectioners ... ... ...
Congee Sellers ... ... ...
Clothiers ... ... ...
Compradores' Houses ... ... ...
Cook Shops ... ... ...
Cotton Sellers ... ... ...
Coffin Makers ... ... ...
Crockery and Porcelain Dealers ... ... ...
Dairy Shops ... ... ...
Drapers ... ... ...
Druggists ... ... ...
Dyers ... ... ...
Eating Houses ... ... ...
Embroiderers ... ... ...
Emigrant Houses ... ... ...
Engine Houses ... ... ...
Families ... ... ...
Farmers 5 5 10
Fishermen ... ... ...
Fishmongers ... ... ...
Florists ... ... ...
Foreign Goods and Wares ... ... ...
Fortune Tellers ... ... ...
Fruiterers ... ... ...
Gardeners ... ... ...
Glaziers ... ... ...
Gold and Silver Smiths ... ... ...
Gem Cutters ... ... ...
Tea Houses 23 23 46
Tile and Brick Dealers 33 37 70
Tobacconists 2 ... ...
Tin Mongers 448 ... ...
Tailors 49 ... ...
Timber Dealers 3 ... ...
Umbrella Makers 14 ... ...
Undertakers 3 ... ...
Vacant Homes 32 ... ...
Green Grocers 24 ... ...
Grocers and Tea Dealers 114 117 231
Hat and Cap Makers 448 ... ...
Washermen's Homes 24 7 32
Wright and Scale Makers 3 ... ...
Watch Makers ... ... ...
Joss and Joss-paper Dealers ... ... ...
Joss-stick Sellers ... ... ...
Trades not specified 2 ... ...
Houses newly built, or building 23 ... ...
Ivory Carvers 2 ... ...
Labourers ... ... ...
Lantern Sellers ... ... ...
Line Burners and Dealers 65 ... ...
Mat and Mat-bag Dealers 14 6 51
Meeting Houses ... ... ...
Money Changers and Shroffs 29 ... ...
Opium Shops ... ... ...
Die Sellers ... ... ...
Old Iron and Bags ... ... ...
Paint Sellers ... ... ...
Painters' Houses ... ... ...
Pawnbrokers ... ... ...
Potters 1,670 22 787
Pot Boilers 2,457 ... ...
Pig Dealers 7 10 10
Packbosses 2 25 15
Preserved Fruit Manufactories 219 84 303
Priests' Houses 27 10 13
Quilt Cotton Manufactories 17 10 27
Rattan Workers 5 ... ...
Rice Dealers 21 ... ...
Rope and Sailmakers 10 ... ...
Sail Makers 57 ... ...
Salt Dealers 60 ... ...
Sedan Chairs to hire 2 ... ...
School Houses 10 19 29
Shoemakers 2 ... ...
Sheep Dealers ... ... ...
Ship Shops ... ... ...
Stationers 498 259 757
Soy Manufactories 130 133 263
Stone Cutters 21 ... ...
Slaughter Houses ... ... ...
Brought forward 1,670 767 2,457
Carried forward 2,257 972 ...

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RECORD OFFICE C.O./133 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE 208. 204. 110 No. 1–Classification and Number of Public and Private Buildings, in the COLONY OF HONGKONG, during the Year 1858. Classification European Victoria Villages Total Public Offices, Barracks, Guard Rooms, Police Stations, and other Government Buildings 4 356 ... ... Churches and Chapels, Mosques, Chinese Temples, &c. ... 24 ... ... Merchants Houses, and First-class Buildings, assessed at and above £100 per annum value, (occupied) ... 16 ... ... Shops and Private Dwellings below value £100 (occupied) ... 127 ... ... Houses untenanted 127 410 ... ... Total 356 552 ... ... No. 2–Classification of Chinese Trades and Occupations in the COLONY OF HONGKONG, during the Year 1858. Trade Victoria Villages Total Bakers ... ... ... Bamboo Workers ... ... ... Barbers 12 18 48 Bathing Houses 22 ... ... Bean-curd Sellers 211 ... ... Bird Sellers 23 ... ... Blacksmiths 43 ... ... Boat Builders' Sheds ... ... ... Braziers and Coppersmiths 33 13 ... Brothels 137 137 274 Brokers, General Agents, Fokein Traders 40 40 80 Carpenters 116 124 4 Cattle Sheds ... ... ... Caulkers and Chandlers 439 ... ... Charcoal and Firewood Dealers ... ... ... Confectioners ... ... ... Congee Sellers ... ... ... Clothiers ... ... ... Compradores' Houses ... ... ... Cook Shops ... ... ... Cotton Sellers ... ... ... Coffin Makers ... ... ... Crockery and Porcelain Dealers ... ... ... Dairy Shops ... ... ... Drapers ... ... ... Druggists ... ... ... Dyers ... ... ... Eating Houses ... ... ... Embroiderers ... ... ... Emigrant Houses ... ... ... Engine Houses ... ... ... Families ... ... ... Farmers 5 5 10 Fishermen ... ... ... Fishmongers ... ... ... Florists ... ... ... Foreign Goods and Wares ... ... ... Fortune Tellers ... ... ... Fruiterers ... ... ... Gardeners ... ... ... Glaziers ... ... ... Gold and Silver Smiths ... ... ... Gem Cutters ... ... ... Tea Houses 23 23 46 Tile and Brick Dealers 33 37 70 Tobacconists 2 ... ... Tin Mongers 448 ... ... Tailors 49 ... ... Timber Dealers 3 ... ... Umbrella Makers 14 ... ... Undertakers 3 ... ... Vacant Homes 32 ... ... Green Grocers 24 ... ... Grocers and Tea Dealers 114 117 231 Hat and Cap Makers 448 ... ... Washermen's Homes 24 7 32 Wright and Scale Makers 3 ... ... Watch Makers ... ... ... Joss and Joss-paper Dealers ... ... ... Joss-stick Sellers ... ... ... Trades not specified 2 ... ... Houses newly built, or building 23 ... ... Ivory Carvers 2 ... ... Labourers ... ... ... Lantern Sellers ... ... ... Line Burners and Dealers 65 ... ... Mat and Mat-bag Dealers 14 6 51 Meeting Houses ... ... ... Money Changers and Shroffs 29 ... ... Opium Shops ... ... ... Die Sellers ... ... ... Old Iron and Bags ... ... ... Paint Sellers ... ... ... Painters' Houses ... ... ... Pawnbrokers ... ... ... Potters 1,670 22 787 Pot Boilers 2,457 ... ... Pig Dealers 7 10 10 Packbosses 2 25 15 Preserved Fruit Manufactories 219 84 303 Priests' Houses 27 10 13 Quilt Cotton Manufactories 17 10 27 Rattan Workers 5 ... ... Rice Dealers 21 ... ... Rope and Sailmakers 10 ... ... Sail Makers 57 ... ... Salt Dealers 60 ... ... Sedan Chairs to hire 2 ... ... School Houses 10 19 29 Shoemakers 2 ... ... Sheep Dealers ... ... ... Ship Shops ... ... ... Stationers 498 259 757 Soy Manufactories 130 133 263 Stone Cutters 21 ... ... Slaughter Houses ... ... ... Brought forward 1,670 767 2,457 Carried forward 2,257 972 ... D. R. CALDWELL Registrar General
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RECORD""""OFFICE" C.O./133 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON | BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- 13 ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE 208. 204. 110 No. 1–Classification and Number of Public and Private Buildings, in the COLONY OF HONGKONG, during the Year 1858. KUROPEAN 8. *** *** *** the 4 *** -- Public Olices, Barracka, Guard Rootna, Police Stations, and other Government Buildings, Churches and Chapela, Morques, Chinese Temples, &e., Merchants Houses, and First-class Buildings, assessed at and above £100 per annum valne, (occupied.) Shops and Private Dwellings below valos £100 (occupied,) Houses untenanted, ent TH ... *** ** VATORIA VILLIGE TOTAL 127 ཐཡོ--॰ #1 Total..... 356 24 16 - 127 #55=.2 410 Come Sara, ko. VICTORIA FILLAGES, TOTAL Bakers, Bamboo Workers, ... Barber 12 *** 18 48 17 Bathing Houses, Bean-card Sellers, Bird Sellers, Blacksmiths, Boat Builders Sheds, 22 211 23 43 Brezier and Coppersmiths, 33 x3 Brothel, ... 137 137 Brokers, General Agents, Fokein Tr 40 40 Carpenters 116 124 A 4 Caule Sheda, *** Caulker, Chandlers, 439 Charenal and Firewood Dealers Confectioner Conjer Sellers, Clothiers, H Compradores' Houses, Cook Shops Cotton Sellers, Coffin Maker Crockery and Porcelain- Dairy Shops, ** Draper, Druggista, Dyers, Com Eating Houses, Embroiderers, Emigrant Houses, Engine House, Families Farmerk *** 5 5 CHINES SAFE, BC, VKTORIA. TILL IS. TOTAL Brought forward, Labourers, Lantern Sellers, 65 Line Burners and Dealers, M2004, ... *** 14 Mat and Mat-beg Dealers, 6 51 ཏཿ ཤྩ ཀ ཡ ཝཿ ཀྵ ཀྲྀ ཏྟ་ུ་ྲ། Meeting Houses, --- 29 Money Changers and Shroffs, Opiora Shops, Die Desiers- Old From and Bags, Paint Sellers, Painters' Houses --- Pawnbroker, Pertris and Land-uspe Painters.......... 1,670 22 787 2,457 7 2:9 *** 7 10 10 2 25 ** 15 219 84 303 Petterers, 27 10 $ 13 Pot Boom, • 17 10 27 Pig Dealern, ... - 9 16 Packbosses 43 Preserved Froit Manufactories, 20 Priests' House 2 Quilt Cotton Manufactories, 2 Rattan Workers, mos !!!!!! 5 Rice Dealera, -ne Repe and Sailmakers, 21 # 10 Sai Bailers, ... 57 Sak Dealers, 60 Sedan Chairs to hire, - *** 2 School Houses, 10 19 Shoemakers, ... 2 Sheep Dealers, Siop Shops, Sutioners, 498 259 7.57 Sey Manufactories, 130 133 Stone Cutter, 21 Fishermen, Shughter Hous Fishmongers, Floriste Foreign Goods and, Wares, Fortune Tellers, Fruiterers, Gardeners Glaziers *** *** Gold and Silver Smiths, Genna Cutters, 23 23 Tepa Houses, 33 37 *** 2 448 Tile and Brick Dealers, 49 Tobserœuista. 3 Tin Mongers,.. 14 Tailors IM { are 3 Timber Dealers, Umbrella Makers, 32 !!!!!! 24 L'adertakers, we 114 117 | Vacant Homes, Green Grocers, 448 Grocers and Tea Dealers, --- Hai and Cap Makers, 24 7 32 Washermen's Homes, 3 Wright and Scale Makers, * Watch Makers, Joss and Jois-paper, Dealers, ke. Jour-stick Sellers 1J 悲喜 Trades not spreised, 2 Houses newly buili, se building, !!!!! བ རླམཐསྡུསྐྱུ 23 Ivory Carvers, 2 P Carried forward,... 1,670 767 2,457 2,257 972 D. R. CALDWELL Registrar General
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RECORD""""OFFICE"

C.O./133

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON |

BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC-

13 ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE

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204.

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No. 1–Classification and Number of Public and Private Buildings, in the COLONY OF HONGKONG, during the Year 1858.

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Bakers,

Bamboo Workers, ...

Barber

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48

17

Bathing Houses,

Bean-card Sellers,

Bird Sellers,

Blacksmiths,

Boat Builders Sheds,

22

211

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Brezier and Coppersmiths,

33

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Brothel, ...

137

137

Brokers, General Agents, Fokein Tr

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Carpenters

116

124

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Caulker, Chandlers,

439

Charenal and Firewood Dealers

Confectioner

Conjer Sellers,

Clothiers,

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Cook Shops

Cotton Sellers,

Coffin Maker

Crockery and Porcelain- Dairy Shops, **

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Dyers,

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Eating Houses,

Embroiderers, Emigrant Houses, Engine House, Families

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TILL IS.

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Labourers,

Lantern Sellers,

65 Line Burners and Dealers,

M2004, ...

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14 Mat and Mat-beg Dealers,

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Meeting Houses, ---

29 Money Changers and Shroffs,

Opiora Shops,

Die Desiers-

Old From and Bags,

Paint Sellers,

Painters' Houses ---

Pawnbroker,

Pertris and Land-uspe Painters..........

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787

2,457

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219

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303

Petterers,

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Pot Boom,

17

10

27

Pig Dealern, ...

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16

Packbosses

43

Preserved Froit Manufactories,

20

Priests' House

2

Quilt Cotton Manufactories,

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Rattan Workers, mos

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Rice Dealera, -ne

Repe and Sailmakers,

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Sai Bailers, ...

57

Sak Dealers,

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School Houses,

10

19

Shoemakers, ...

2

Sheep Dealers,

Siop Shops,

Sutioners,

498

259

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Sey Manufactories,

130

133

Stone Cutter,

21

Fishermen,

Shughter Hous

Fishmongers,

Floriste

Foreign Goods and, Wares,

Fortune Tellers,

Fruiterers,

Gardeners

Glaziers ***

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Gold and Silver Smiths,

Genna Cutters,

23

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33

37

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448

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49

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Green Grocers,

448

Grocers and Tea Dealers, ---

Hai and Cap Makers,

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Washermen's Homes,

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Wright and Scale Makers,

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Joss and Jois-paper, Dealers, ke. Jour-stick Sellers

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Trades not spreised,

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1,670

767

2,457

2,257

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D. R. CALDWELL

Registrar General

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