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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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Reference :—

C.O. 133

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

17 ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE

Total

79 Military 67 Navy

3 Police

- 149 against 119 last year ; this increase is of course attributable

to the greatly increased numbers congregated here, and it may possibly not be considered excessive under the

circumstances.

The increased number of Civilians

resident

in the city would induce the belief that, a corresponding addition to the number of deaths would result, it is impossible however to arrive at any general correct average of deaths amongst bivilians, as there is no

registry hept

in my Office of Interments other than in the Government bemetery: –

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bivilian adults and 44 Fyear 11

children

evere buried ; this year 18 adults and 8 children . An increase in the number of

deaths amongst Merchant Seamen would follow as a matter of course considering

the increased trade of the Port, and

the addition to the Fleet ships by the regular and hired Transports, but every with this large addition it is satisfactory

to observe that, the increase of deaths

amounted only to q, the total number

interred this

year being

51.

Paupers buried entirely distitute, comprising

searrien ared. others amounted to 27,

the number last year being

number

21: thus

forming a total of 240 deaths. The

being 199 for the year, 1859. The fees rescivable for the year are

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