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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH FEBRUARY, 1863.

registered in this Colony the Sum of Six Pence, one-half thereof to be by him retained and accounted for to and for the use of this Colony, and the other half thereof to be by tim retained and accounted for and paid over to the Imperial Postmaster General and all registered Correspondence and the Registration thereof shall be subject to all such And the same Rules and Regulations as were in force respecting the same on the said Third day of May, 1862, or as shall from time to time be hereafter enacted or provided in respect thereof by any Statute of the Imperial Parliament or by Her Majesty's Post- master General or by His Excellency the Governor. This Section shall be read and construed as if the same had originally been Section Eighteen of the said last mentioned Ordinance.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 6th Day of February, 1863. L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,

Clerk of Councils.

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This Section to be construed as if it had

been §18 of No. 8 of 1862.

The following Returns from the Registrar General, connected with the Population and Trade of the Colony, are published for general information.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd February, 1863.

W. H. ALEXANDER,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 1.-CENSUS OF HONGKONG, 31st December, 1862,

POPULATION.

No. of HOUSES.

No. of BOATS.

TOTAL.

Men. Women. Boys.

Girls.

Europeans and Americans,

Goa, Manila, Indians and others of mixed blood,

Aliens, chiefly Seamen, and temporary residents,.

Chinese in employ of Europeans,..

Do. residing in Victoria,

Do. do. in Villages inclusive of Kowloon,

Boat population in Victoria,

Do. do. other than Victoria,

961

357

140

146

1,604

1,014

139

52

63

1,268

100

4,277

317

93

210

4,897

43,063

11,448

4,891

3,978

63,380

7,390

2,487

1,436

984

12,297

11,951

3,776

3,294

2,315

21,636

4,970

2,436

1,866

1,031

10,303

200-

Emigrants,

Persons living in Mat sheds,

Street Coolies,

Prisoners,

2,500 5,000

626

6,393

4,330

73,626

20,960 11,772

8,727

123,511

THOS. TURNER, Registrar General.

Registrar General's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st January, 1963.

No. 2. RETURN OF POPULATION OF HONGKONG, 31st December, 1862.

VICTORIA DISTRICT,

Chinese in employ of Europeans, .

Sub-Districts,

Sheak-tong-tsui, and Sei-ying-poon,

Sheong-wan,

Tai-ping-shan,

Choong-wan,

Ha-wan,

Wong-nei-choong,

Spo-Luu-poo,

Districts,-

Show-ke-wan,

Sai-wan,

Sheak-ho,

Ty-tam-took,

Stanley,.

Aberdeen,.

Heong-kong,

Pok-foo-lum,

Kow-loon,

Boat Population of Hongkong,

Temporary residents,

Persons living in Mat Sheds,.

Emigrants,

Street Coolies,............

Prisoners,

+

WHITE.

COLORED.

TOTAL.

Males. Females.

Males. Females. Males.

Females.

1,101

503

1,066

202

2,167

705

4,370

527

4,370

527

8,360

2,290

12,416

3,471

7,326

3,396

12,310

3,626

4,242

1,633

246

244

3,054

766

47,954 *. 15,426

1,435

375

90

72

209

121

55

31

969

448

1,362

286

187

131

55

31

4,401

1,967

8,826

3,471

:

22,081

9,558

22,081

9,559

100 2,500

200 5,000 626

93,821

29,687

Registrar General's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st January 1863.

THIOS. TURNER, Registrar General.