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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH JUNE, 1881.

LIST OF UNCLAIMED LETTERS ADDRESSED TO CHINESE. June 10th, 1881.

文林球付沙華信一封交文林相收 劉陳氏付生架波保家信一封交陳三妹收入 務總局如有此人可卽到本局領取兹將原名號列左 近有付往外埠吉信數封無人到取現由外付同香港

一封付上海交盪權收入

陳容付卑魯信交陳德收入

到本局領取將原名號列左

現有由外付到要信數封貯存驛務總局如有此人可即

一封交達記收入

一封交馬登云收入

一封交周容榜收入

一封交宋維合收入

一封交永棧收入

封交顏如雙收入

一封蔡南山收入

一封交永興利收入

一封交黃敏齋收入

一封交裕安收入

一封羅竹林收入

一封交李漢收入

一封交國瑞收入

一封英昌隆收入

一封梁永綬收入

一封交新義順收入

封新廣隆收入

封交祝九如收入

一封交馬根收入

一封張瑨生收入

一封交泰昌收入

一封李奕稠收入

一封交廣德永記收入

一封交周大卯收入

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIÓN.—No. 204.

The following Census Returns of the population of the Colony on 3rd April, 1881, with covering

letter of the Acting Registrar General, are published for general information.

By His Excellency's Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th June, 1881.

No.35.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

REGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 1st June, 1881.

SIR,-I have the honour to enclose the Returns of the Census which was taken on the night of the 3rd April last, in accordance with the directions of His Excellency the Governor.

The previous Census was taken on the 4th December, 1876, when the whole population numbered 139,144, shewing an increase in four years (the period that had elapsed since the Census of 1872) of 17,159 ; it now numbers 160,402, shewing an increase in four years and four months of 21,258.

The greater part of this increase is, of course, in the Chinese population.

The European and American community is larger by 273, and the increase is among the British, Portuguese, Germans, and Italians, and is that of women and children. The male adult population

has decreased.

All the villages, with the exception of Stanley, Aberdeen, and Little Hongkong, have added to their inhabitants.

Kau-lung has increased by 1,317, and if the Government is desirous of encouraging the settlement of population in that Dependency, the existing tenure of land leases by their extension would materially aid in that direction.

New buildings are still being erected, and 1,062 have been added since last Census, and of the 352 houses destroyed by fire in December 1878, the greater number, on being rebuilt, have been enlarged by an additional story.

I have the honour to be,

The Honourable

ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY,

&c.,

&c.,

&c.

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

JOHN GERRARD, Acting Registrar General.