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1841-1886

PAPERS RELATING TO

671

HONG KONG,

No. 17.

Governor Sir G. F. BOWEN, G.C.M.G., to the Right Hon. the

MY LORD,

EARL OF DERBY.

Government House, Hong Kong, July 16, 1884.

I HAVE the honour to transmit herewith the "Blue Book," or Statistical Returns, of the Colony of Hong Kong for the year 1883.

2. In a Despatch of the 26th June ultimo, I mentioned the steps which I have taken with the view of causing these returns to be prepared in future at an earlier period of the year. As I observed on a former occasion, the late period at which the "Blue Books" are now forwarded from most colonies often deprives the Statistical Returns of the greater part of their practical value, and reduces what ought to be contemporary history to the level of (in Lord Plunket's fine phrase) “an old almanack."

3. My Despatch of the 18th July 1883 (already published in the "Parliamentary Papers relating to Her Majesty's Colonial Possessions"*) contained a general account of the progress and position of Hong Kong. The fullest and at the same time the most concise report which I can forward on the political, social, and material condition of this Colony during 1883 will be found

* Presented to Parliament in August 1883 (C.-3794).

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1841-1886 PAPERS RELATING TO 671 HONG KONG, No. 17. Governor Sir G. F. BOWEN, G.C.M.G., to the Right Hon. the MY LORD, EARL OF DERBY. Government House, Hong Kong, July 16, 1884. I HAVE the honour to transmit herewith the "Blue Book," or Statistical Returns, of the Colony of Hong Kong for the year 1883. 2. In a Despatch of the 26th June ultimo, I mentioned the steps which I have taken with the view of causing these returns to be prepared in future at an earlier period of the year. As I observed on a former occasion, the late period at which the "Blue Books" are now forwarded from most colonies often deprives the Statistical Returns of the greater part of their practical value, and reduces what ought to be contemporary history to the level of (in Lord Plunket's fine phrase) “an old almanack." 3. My Despatch of the 18th July 1883 (already published in the "Parliamentary Papers relating to Her Majesty's Colonial Possessions"*) contained a general account of the progress and position of Hong Kong. The fullest and at the same time the most concise report which I can forward on the political, social, and material condition of this Colony during 1883 will be found * Presented to Parliament in August 1883 (C.-3794). Page 690 Page 691

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1841-1886 PAPERS RELATING TO 671 HONG KONG, No. 17. Governor Sir G. F. BOWEN, G.C.M.G., to the Right Hon. the MY LORD, EARL OF DERBY. Government House, Hong Kong, July 16, 1884. I HAVE the honour to transmit herewith the "Blue Book," or Statistical Returns, of the Colony of Hong Kong for the year 1883. 2. In a Despatch of the 26th June ultimo, I mentioned the steps which I have taken with the view of causing these returns to be prepared in future at an earlier period of the year. As I observed on a former occasion, the late period at which the "Blue Booka" are now forwarded from most colonies often deprives the Statistical Returns of the greater part of their practical value, and reduces what ought to be contemporary history to the level of (in Lord Plunket's fine phrase) “an old almanack." 3. My Despatch of the 18th July 1883 (already published in the "Parliamentary Papers relating to Her Majesty's Colonial Possessions"*) contained a general account of the progress and position of Hong Kong. The fullest and at the same time the most concise report which I can forward on the political, social, and material condition of this Colony during 1883 will be found * Presented to Parliament in August 1883 (C.-3794). Page 690Page 691

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