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DI

MON

DROIT

THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

Published by Authority.

No. 6.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 5TH FEBRUARY, 1876.

VOL. XXII.

No. 30.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Letter from the Acting Registrar General, forwarding a Return of Births and Deaths for the Quarter ending the 31st December, 1875, is published for general information.

By Command,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th February, 1876.

[No. 5.]

REGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 20th January, 1876.

Sin, I have the honour to forward the Returns of Births and Deaths for the 4th Quarter of 1875, ending December 31st.

During that period, there were registered in the Colony 570 Births and 899 Deaths.

Of this number, 66 Births and 57 Deaths occurred among the British and Foreign Community, while

among the Chinese, there were 504 Births and 842 Deaths.

Among the British and Foreign Community, the Deaths were as follow:-

British, Portuguese, Indian, Malay,

the remaining portion (16) was among non-residents in the Colony.

The Births were those of 32 Boys and 34 Girls.

The Births and Deaths among the Chinese population were those of:-

.14

16

8

3

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

DISTRICT.

Boys.

Girls.

Total.

Males.

Females.

Total.

rin,

227

181

408

287

442

729

25

16

41

22

6

28

Shan- dál,.

17

18

35

25

21

46

Aberdeen,..

8

1

9

17

12

29

Stanley,

4

7

11

6

10

Grand Totals,..........

281

223

504

355

487

842

During the respective Quarters of the past year, the Births and Deaths throughout the Colony were as stated hereunder :-

Quarter.

1st,

2nd,

3rd, 4th,

•

Births.

Deaths.

376

655

334

667

373

811

504

842

Total................ 1,587

2,975