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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

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No. 61.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 9TH DECEMBER, 1899.

VOL. XLV.

號一十六第 日七初月一十年亥己 日九月二十年九十九百八千一 簿五十四第

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 682.

The following Return of the Death Rates for the Colony of Hongkong for the last 20 years is published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th December, 1899.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

THE DEATH RATES FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

1879, 1880,

......

1881,

1882,

1883,

•

1884,

1885,

1886,

1887, 1888,

•

1889,

1890,

1891,

1892,

1893,

....

1894,

1895,

1896,

1897,

...

1898,

..

•

...

La

...

.....

Aa

......

......

•

......33.14)

28.71 ........24.07

MONDO.

26.11

......30.04 26.91

......32.36

.....28.59

31.79 >

31.72

Average 27.16

23.64

23.19

......23.80

20.70 .22.70 J

Including Plague.

Excluding Plague.

......30.37

19.85

21.89

21.74

......24.25

19.79

19.13

19.05

......22.71

17.98

All the above death rates exclude the Military and Naval populations and deaths.

FRANCIS W. CLARK, Medical Officer of Health.

Hongkong, December, 1899.