Sessional_Paper_1892 — Page 175

TABLE B.-RETURN OF FORMAL ENQUIRIES DURING THE YEAR 1891.

FINDING.

Europeans Indians

and Americans.

and Malays.

Men.

Boys. Men.

Chinese.

Men. Women. Boys. Girls.

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Accidental death,.

Do., RIDER-That all launches plying in Hong- kong should be compelled to undergo a periodical survey of engines and boilers similar to that required for passenger launches,

Cause of death self-inflicted bullet wound,

Cause of death was injuries received in consequence of a fall

of a verandah,

Cause of death drowning,

Cause of death drowning and purely accidental,........

Cause of death drowning. No blame attached to the steamer,

Cause of death hanging,

Cause of death opium poisoning,

Cause of death a self-inflicted wound in the throat,

Cause of death syncope,

Cause of death was cerebal concussion,

Cause of death abscess on the brain resulting from injuries

inflicted by some person or persons unknown,

Cause of death fracture of the skull resulting from a fall. No

blame to police,

Cause of death result of a fall caused by a blow inflicted by John Jacobson. John Jacobson committed for trial at the next Sessions,

Cause of death haemorrhage,.

Cause of death being poisoning by carbonic oxcide gas. RIDER:-That precautions were taken to prevent this unfortunate accident,.

Cause of death meningitis and effusion of blood on the brain, Cause of death scalded,....

Cause of death asphyxia,

Cause of death asphyxia-caution to contractor,

Cause of death injuries received from a fall of a stone,........

Cause of death perforation of the bowel and no blame attached

to any one,

Death from natural causes,.

Death resulted from injuries received from a falling of a wall

upon the bodies of the deceased,

Death from suffocation caused by the mouth being gagged by a piece of cloth which found its way into the gullet; this gagging being done by a party of four men in pursuance of a burglary which they were committing at the time,....... Death by asphyxia occasioned by the state of his lungs and

consequent upon his attempted suicide by hanging,

Death from inanition,

Death from general exhaustion aud no blame attached to any

one,

Death caused by injuries resulting from a fall from the top of

a house,.

Death was caused by shock resulting from rupture of the liver

occasioned by a fall from the roof of a house in Tank Lane,. Death caused by hemorrhage from a bullet wound accidentally

inflicted by one Joseph Lebury,..........

Death resulting from wounds inflicted by some person or

persons unknown,

Death caused by asphyxia the result of hanging,

Found drowned,..

I find that the cause of death was a fracture of the base of the skull resulting from a fall from a window in the married quarters in Queen's Road East,

I find that the cause of death was fracture of the skull resulting

from a self-inflicted bullet wound,.

I find that Thomas George Pocock, late master of the steamer Namoa, Lighthouse keeper Peterson, and others were wilfully murdered on the 10th December, 1890, on the ship Namoa while in Chinese waters by a gang of pirates who had taken passage on board that day from the Colony of Hongkong en route to Foochow,

The jury unanimously find that the cause of death was an injury inflicted by a stone during the course of blasting operations,.....

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