CO129-064 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [8-10] — Page 101

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

Excen in this Colony. Wis retern give the amount of our population tober 71.738 far -decreases f a few hundreds

a

as

• compared with 1853- but when it is pemembered

that the increase in 1855

evas

nearly 17000 it is satisfactory to find that the experience of another years proves euch large increase although duwat

the time to accidental circumstances to have been

permanent . Only 5 houses

are stated to have been

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empty in the town of

Vistoria and this is a fact

to which I must draw the

attention.

ntion of your Exxcellency.

as a great proof of prosperity.

6.

The ascertained

number of deaths in the Colongappeare to be 24643 or not quite 3% percent but the habits of the Chinese with I am a paid

Jam prevent us from relying upon any calculation of this description as a proof of the healthines

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