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the ground that the latter date

not

a.

convenient opportunity for

collecting accurate Statistics of the resident Chinese population.

An attempt has been made to oblam fuller information regarding the whole Community, and venture to amwider, with fair succes.

of course, absolutely imposible

It is

at

amy

ao

rate unitent a greater expensed than would be justifiable, and without greater povers than the law allows to oblain thoroughly accurate returns of the Chines Community.

are

The Chinese, like all Asiation,

20.

prone to suspect the Auchontics

of having

Dome

dosign, other than the

cat labor

plain one, in taking, with great

and

expense),

A.....

Census, that they

most afouredly fail in

namy

Das es

to comply with the requirements of the law. Anvever, the Qummerators,

duly

selected with much care, were instructed in the performance of their

duty and they

with

one

carried out their work,

slight exception, in a

praiseworthy

Mamzn.

It will be noticed that

whole there is

The

a

an increase since

1869 in the British and Poreign

447;

Population of 1849, and in the Chimiere Community of 1,437

The Returns generally, havevar,