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improvements undertaken by him,

also the

progress of his department, during

the past year. I may hire

again

remark that the Convicts sentenced to

land labour, the chief portion of whom

ALC

chinese, have been profitably cumployed

Ion Public Works.

Lesielation

5. Four Ordinances were

A

year,

passed during

N/ being for the Regulation of

"the bark of Houghtong", and 1.2 for the

removal of Doubts regarding the right

Aliens to hold and transfer property within the Colony :_ The two last, 123 and 4, were, as already reported, for the amendment of previous huactinents.

N.3.

No 4..

Population.

6. The enclosed Returns by the

Officiating Registrar beneral show that the Mob. total Population of Houghtong, on the 3/25

December, 1853, concited of 39017 Persons,

N7

of Troops._ As to the climate, the

exclusive

Report of 28 Harland, the

acting

Colonial

Surgeon, appended to the Blue Book -

contains

very

neemate statistical

information connected with this subject The Sanitary condition of the Colonial Gark is given

in the enclosed Return

from the Reting Sheriff, which shows that amongst its inmates, averaging throughout the year, only & deaths

138

3

occurred, and all in January..

1.2. According to the inclosed Merunandum