THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH OCTOBER, 1879.
RETURNS of BIRTHS and DEATHS for the 3rd Quarter of 1879, ending 30th September.
DISTRICTS.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.
CHINESE.
631
DEATHS. BRITISH & FOREIGN COMMUNITY.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
Boys.
Girls. Males. Females. Boys. Girls.
Males. Females.
British and Foreign, 15
Victoria,
27
22
35
6
161
123
403
498
Portuguese,
7
Kow-loon,
85
32
Indians, &c.,.
5
Sháu-ki Wán,
26
24
Non-Residents,
.14
Aberdeen,
10
19
Stanley,
5
1
41
TOTAL,..
27
22
35
co
6
178
143
479
574
178
GRAND TOTAL,
ANNUAL DEATH-RATE,
1879.
PER1,000 FOR 3RD QUARTER OF
321
Whole Population,..
31.44
Births, 370
British & Foreign Community,
18.27
Deaths, ..1,094
Do. deducting Non-Residents,
13.78
Chinese,
32.35
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 22nd October, 1879.
No. 214.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CLOSING OF THE BRITISH POST OFFICES IN JAPAN.
The following document is published for general information.
By Command,
JOHN GERRARD,
Acting Registrar General.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th October, 1879.
Agreement relative to the closing of the British Post Offices in Japan.
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The undersigned, being thereunto duly authorized by their respective governments, have agreed upon the following articles, defining the conditions under which the British Post Offices in Japan. shall be closed, and the Postal business thereof handed over to the Japanese Government.
ARTICLE I.
Her Britannic Majesty's Government shall have all such privileges as are usually enjoyed by Sovereign Powers, with regard to their official correspondence.
ARTICLE II.
All official correspondence (whether in the form of covers, bags or boxes, provided that its cha- racter as such official correspondence be marked on the outside or be otherwise readily recognizable) addressed to or destined for Her Britannic Majesty's Legation in Japan, shall be delivered immediately on the arrival of the steamer or vessel bringing any such official correspondence to the special officer designated for the purpose by Her Britannic Majesty's Minister. And a similar arrangement shall be adopted with regard to official correspondence for Her Britannic Majesty's Consulates in Japan, when- ever a formal request to this effect shall have been made by Her Britannic Majesty's Government.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed in any way to abridge the right of Her Britannic Majesty's Government, to make any special arrangement it may, in accordance with diplomatic usage, deem proper to make for the conveyance to, from or within Japan of its official correspondence, of all kinds, and such correspondence shall not be subjected to any detention or delay by the Customs or other Japanese Authorities.
ARTICLE III.
No privilege shall be granted to any other Power in respect of Postal matters, which shall not be equally extended to Great Britain.
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