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that I have given

have given instructions

to have the preliminary steps taken by the Acting Registrar

General for securing, in April

18811

a

Census

of

the Colony of

Hong Kong, in uniformity with

the decennial unsus to be taken at the same time in Great Britain

and Ireland.

2.

I have requested Mr Jonnochy (who took the last

Hong Kon; census, 1876) and Dr

trong

hitel, the Acting Chinese Secretary, to confer with

Mr Gerrard

on

this important

work.

I have the honor to be

My Lord,

Your Lordship's Most Obedient,

Humble Servant,

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