HONG KONG,
8 REPORTS EXHIBITING THE PAST AND PRESENT
repairs, and a variety of works under the head of construction, fully detailed in my Report upon Works and in the Blue Book Return; the whole amounting to an expenditure of 1,5231. Is. 4d., of which 1,2061. 5s. 6d. was for the church.
The direct supervision of convict labour is now entrusted to the Indian serjeant of the guaro who was formerly the overseer attached to my department. He receives his orders direct He is an intelligent man, gene- from me, or through overseer Assow (who also assists him).
rally attentive, and I am well satisfied with his conduct, as he performs his duties quite as well as can be expected from a man of his class.
In the supply of new tools, both for hard-labour within and without the gaol, and also for the repair of tools, I have expended the sum of 351. 4s. 2d. This is considerably less than the previous year's expenditure, but many of the wheelbarrows must soon be condemned, being too old for repair; but there is a good stock of wood from houses pulled down or resumed by Government, which will be very suitable for new ones, or repairs to buildings, when demanded. If I had a good carpenter attached to my department, I should find his services most useful, and I have no doubt it would effect an ultimate saving, as it would enable me to execute a great variety of repairs, which, for however trifling an amount, I must previously obtain the sanction of his Excellency the Governor; and, in consequence, I am often obliged to defer sundry requisite repairs until a sufficient number have accumulated to enable me to submit them to his Excellency; whereas if the carpenter was always available, this delay would never occur, and the convicts' tools, and the several buildings under my charge (27 in number), would be repaired immediately they require it. I have no doubt that I could engage a tolerably good carpenter at 30s. a-month, or 181. per annum, and as I invariably spend that amount of money in repair of convict tools alone, the employment of such a man would not be a burthen, although it would swell the amount of my departmental expenses. His work would be of the utmost advantage to the Government, and I am sure be attended with satisfactory results.
In the office Mr. Power still continues to give perfect satisfaction in the various duties required of him as book-keeper and general clerk, in the preparation of the ordinary accounts of expenditure of the department, as well as in the careful arrangement and entries demanded There have in the registration of memorials and the duties pertaining to the issue of leases, been but few transactions in land during the past year, only 45 memorials having been regis- tered. Of these, 30 were for absolute sale affecting 35 lots, and only 4 for surrender to Govern- ment affecting 7 lots, the remainder being of a miscellaneous character. Of these 45, 13 were by Chinese and 7 endorsements of surrender, the documents necessary for which were executed in the office. The number of leases issued was 9, and sales of land have amounted to the sum of 1567. 3s. 1d. per annum only, the rental of lots resumed by Government amounting to 1537. 8s. 11d., leaves (with the addition of 5 grants) the total land rental of the year 11,2937. 12s. 54d., or 447. 9s. Id. more than it was for the year 1849.
I trust that I shall be enabled, during the present season, to make the necessary surveys, alluded to in my last Annual Report, of the several buildings and works erected since my general survey of the town in 1843. I am preparing a map of the cantonment and ground adjoining, showing the several buildings and colonial. property extending from the Albany Godowns to the Ice-house, and when that is complete I shall proceed to the survey of the remainder of the city; this duty, although a simple and by no means an arduous one, in ordinary cases where there happens to be any European assistant, or where a person can devote his whole time to the service, but it being incumbent upon me to attend the office at the ordinary office hours I can only devote the mornings and afternoons to it, which causes consi- derable delay, as it occupies additional time in going to and returning from work, as well as in re-arranging the several lines of the survey for the intended day's work, and this is of no mean consideration in this climate even during the cold season, where exposure without exercise is so injurious to health; surveying, although a tiring duty, and particularly street surveying, obliging a person to stand still almost for the greater portion of the time occupied
in the work.
I have much pleasure in recording that the year has passed without any sickness in the department, and that the cause of my lameness (and consequent inability to walk or ride much during the previous year) having quite disappeared, I have been enabled to execute my duties with more satisfaction to myself both in the office and out of doors.
The Hon. Major W. Caine,
Colonial Secretary.
(True Copy.)
I have, &c.,
(Signed)
W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.
CHARLES ST. GEORGE CLEVERLY,
Surveyor-General.
STATE OF HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
Enclosure 4 in No.
CENSUS of HONG KONG, 31st December, 1850.
Europeans and Americans. Portuguese (Goa and Macao). Indians, Malaya, &c.
Chinese in employ of Europeans Ditto residing in the City of
Victoria
Ditto Boat Population, Victoria
Harbour
361
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132
9
Total Total Number Number
of
of Houses occupied.
Population.
Population.
Children,
Total.
Children.
Total
Boats. Male. Fem.
Male.
Fem.
Male, Fern.
Male. Fem.
371
79
34
31
465
Total Europeans
321
218
88
61
48
415
[Total Goa
and
180 60 25
IL
276
Maçao Portuguese,
79
398 148
34 31
86
59
465
691
Indians, &c..
·
1,633 161
20
Il 1,825
1,204
9,909 2,287 1,005
984 14,185
727
2,453 780 620
319
802
3,217 862 465 354
4,172 4,898
Total Chinese
20,828 5,431 3,262 2,466 31,987
634
2,956 1,301 1,152 798
6,207
660
40
700
149
149
Total Aliens
149
•
2,367
1,361 21,696 5,658 3,382 2,556 33,292
21,696 5,658 3,382 2,556 33,292
The Troops are not included.
(True Copy,)
(Signed)
Ditto residing in Villagea Ditto Boat Population, other)
than Victoria.
Ditto temporary Resident, Vag-
rants, &c. .
Aliens, such as Seamen and
temporary Residents, &c.
Total
W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.
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Enclosure 5 in No.
:
149
CHARLES MAY, Officiating Registrar-General.
No. 4. ABSTRACT of RETURNS furnished from each House occupied by Chinese in the Colony of Hong Kong, stating the number of persons resident therein on December 31, 1850.
City of Victoria
Aberdeen and vicinity
Hong Kong
+
28
Total
No. of Persons who died Population during preceding
12 months. each place.
of
In the Out of the
Colony. Colony.
Total Mortality.
65
I
Children.
Name of District or Place,
Male. Female.
Male. Female.
11,542
2,448 1,025
995 16,010
65
786
95
59
37
977
94
71
48
42
25.5
Pokioolum
28
26
69
Saiwan and vicinity
48
23
23
22
116
Sheak 0.
•
146
65
19
26
256
Sheak toon tain and vicinity
49
15
17
97
Showkewan and vicinity
466
91
57
29
643
Sookumpoo and vicinity
758
151
81
56
1,049
12
11
23
283
120
64
58
547
194
87
60
525 888
14,759 3,310
1,490 1,349
20,908
85
85
(True Copy,)
(Signed)
W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.
Sei-ing-poon
Wongneichung.
Stanley and vicinity
Enclosure 6 in No.
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2
General nature of Occupation
of the Inhabitants.
Trade.
Trade with fishing. Agriculture.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Fishing and ditto. Ditto.
Stone cutting. Trade.
Agriculture.
Ditto.
Trade with fishing.
CHARLES MAY, Officiating Registrar-General.
No. 2. RETURN of the Number and Description of Chinese Vessels Anchored or Plying in the Harbours and Bays of Hong Kong, on the 31st December, 1850, specifying the Number of Persons on Board.
VICTORIA.
ABERDEEN,
STANLEY.
Description of Boat.
No. of
Males. Fem.
Children. No.
of
Males. Fem.
Boats.
Males. Fem. Boats.
Children, No.
Males. Fem. Boats.
Children,
of Males. Fem.
Males. Fem.
Junks.
2
84
Trading Boate
12
70
Passage Boats
7
56
Salt Boats
44
580
Stone Boats
3
40
Fishing Boats
18
72
Cargo Boats
Wood Boats
20
112
ان
20
Fast Boats and Hakows.
110
300
Cooking Boats
Sampans.
500 1,060
Lorchas
4 41
Water Boats
3
18
Total
727 2,453
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4
20
2
30
18
53
20
5
162
80
3
388
206
178
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3
22
636
6
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360
3
620 319 245 1,052
55J
Upwards of 200 employed in fishing.
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55
469
5
24
5
49
95 488
20
11 60
2
4
154 616
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310
3
185 169
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327 1,710
711
533
390
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