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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 11, 1906.
The opening of registration offices at East Point and West Point has been a great convenience; during the year 368 registrations were made at these two offices. The returns do not yet show clearly whether more births have been registered than would have been the case without these offices. The Chinese births registered in Victoria during the last ten years were :—
Number of Births registered,
Yeur.
1896,
1897.
"
1898.
1899,
1900,
1901,.
1902,.
1903,.
1904, 1905,.
738
858
.778
684
.544
.663
..738
.550
...622 605
The number of deaths registered during the year was :---
*
Chinese,.... Non-Chinese,
.6,290
302
Total,...
.6,592
Exhumations.
Three hundred and eighty permits were issued to exhum, human remains for removal to China or fr re-burial in the Colony.
Removals of Bodies from Colony.
Six hundred and seventy certificates were issued by the Police for the removal of bodies from the Colony, as against 610 in 1904.
6. Vaccination. Ordinance No. 2 of 1890.
(See Tables VIIa to VII d.)
The number of reminders issued during the year was 449, as compared with 298 in 1904. Reminders are now being issued to parents in the villages.
One satisfactory feature of the returns is the large number of vaccinations performed by the Tung Wa Hospital vaccinators in the villages. The number has increased from 164 in 1904 to 324 in 1905.
7. Registration of Books. Ordinance No. 2 of 1888.
Sixty-nine books were registered during the year, as compared with 59 in 1904.
Ordinance No. 17 of 1901.
It consisted of a set of picture
8.-Copyright in Works of the Fine Arts.
One work-the first-was registered during the year. post-cards.
* The two district registries were o; ened on 1st July, 1904.
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