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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

Published by Authority.

No. 5.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 30TH JANUARY, 1875.

VOL. XXI.

No. 15.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Report from the Registrar General, containing Returns of Births and Deaths for the Quarter ending 31st December, 1874, and of Births and Deaths for the year 1874, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th January, 1875.

[No. 8.]

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

REGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 23rd January, 1875.

SIR,-During the 4th Quarter of 1874, there were registered in the Colony 544 Births and 1,034 Deaths.

Of these numbers, 46 Births and 83 Deaths occurred among the British and Foreign Community, while among the Chinese there were 498 Births and 951 Deaths.

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

British, Portuguese, Indian,

25

18

8

the remaining portion (32) being among non-residents of the Colony.

The Births were those of 23 Boys and 23 Girls.

The Births and Deaths among the Chinese Population were as follows, viz. :-

Boys.

Girls.

Total.

District of Victoria,...... Births, 258

171

429

Deaths, 810

Shau-ki Wán,

11

19

30

41

""

77

Stanley,

2

1

3

13

""

Aberdeen,

7

4

11

38

""

99

Kowloon,.....

11

14

25

49

""

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498

Deaths, 951

Total Births,.

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

Births, Deaths,...

1st Quarter. 446

529

2nd Quarter.

357

611

429

1,514

3rd Quarter. 4th Quarter.

498

Total. 1,730

951

3,605

Of the British and Foreign Cominunity, the Returns for the same period are as follows:

Births, Deaths,

1st Quarter. 2nd Quarter.

42

36

27

37

3rd Quarter.

44

60

4th Quarter.

Total.

46

168

83

207