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TABLE B.-RETURN OF FORMAL ENQUIRIES DURING THE YEAR 1895,-Continued.

129

FINDING.

Brought forward,..

Europeans. and Americans.

Indians.

Chinese.

Total.

Men.

Boys.

Men.

Men. Women. Boys. Girls.

7

1

2

23

1

35

:

:

-:

:

1

:

:

1

-

::

:

÷

:

:

:

:

Rupture of spleen occasioned by a fall or blow said to have been administered to the deceased by a Chinese Constable not identified, but the evidence regarding which is too uncertain to be reliable...

That deceased died of hæmorrhage caused by wounds in the

neck and that such wounds were self inflicted,

That deceased died of pulmonary congestion,.. That deceased met his death by drowning (asphyxia from sub- mersion), having been in a boat which was capsized on 15th December last off Bay View Hotel, and that no evidence exists to show how the boat was capsized, That deceased met his death by drowning (asphyxia from sub- mersion) on 25th December last, having fallen into the sea whilst in a state of intoxication, That the cause of death was internal hemorrhage caused by partial rupture of right pulmonary artery, but that there is no evidence to show how such rupture was caused, That the deceased, Yiu Kau, met his death by scalding due to an escape of steam whilst the feed pipe was being dis- connected on board the S.S. Ching Ping on the 11th December, 1895, in Victoria Harbour. The Court finds that the presence of steam in the feed pipe was due to the very defective state of the check valve, and considers that the Chief Engineer, Mr. Jervis, is censurable for not having examined the check valve during the year for which he has been on board S.S. Ching Ping,

The deceased came to his death by drowning while escaping

from the lawful custody of the Inspector of Nuisances,. The deceased came by their deaths by suffocation or other injuries received from the collapse of the roof of the build- ing known as the Old Victoria Hotel, such collapse being due to the state of decay into which the building had lapsed, and the deceased at the time of their deaths being residents in the building at their own risk and without the know- ledge of the sole mortgagee,

The deceased died from injuries sustained by a fall resulting in fracture of skull, such fall taking place down the south steps of the Central Market leading into Jubilee Street, there being no sufficient evidence to show what led to the fall, The deceased died under the effects of wounds on the head and person, suspicion pointing to their infliction by two Chinese named A Kau and Small-pocked Sam who have accordingly been charged with the murder of the deceased,

Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown,

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1

1

:

1

1

:

1

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1

1

:

1

1

1

1

:

3

1

10

I

2

29

3

2

2

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TABLE C-RETURN OF BURIALS WITHOUT FORMAL ENQUIRIES DURING THE YEAR 1895.

Total,.........

Europeans

Chinese.

& Americans.

Indians. Very much

Found on

Found in

Women.

Boys. Girls. Men. Girl.

Men.

Woman.

de- composed; sex not ascertain-

Land.

Harbour.

Total.

able.

Known.

Un-

known.

Known,

Un-

known,

Reason why no Formal Enquiry was held.

Men.

N

1 I 1

134

77

:

8

241

:

196

388

29

15

13

45

13

12

1

:

:

:

:

:

:..

:

1

2

-

:

2

:

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

Acting Police Magistrate.

125

19

118 116

2

1

1 1

8

391

90 225

18

58

No suspicious circumstances,

97

13

13

No evidence and/or decomposed state of body,

14

4

105 110

Post Mortem satisfactory,

11

2

Cheung Tsun-sau was tried for murder of

deccased. P.M. Case 862/63 of 1895, Cheng Ki was tried for causing the death of deceased. P.M. Case 4591 of 1895,.

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2

Total,....

Magistracy, Hongkong, 30th January, 1896.