ST. HELENA 305 



CENSUS TAKEN, APRIL 7, 1901. 



MALES. FEMALES. CHILDREN. 



Jamestown . . . 687 . 88 1 

 Country . . . 847 . 927 



Garrison . . . 1,428 . 35 . 69 

 Shipping ... 320 



Prisoners of war . . 4,655 

 Population : 9,850. 



BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. 



Births . . . . . . . .129 



Marriages 39 



Deaths 125 



The number of vessels calling at the port with Cargo during : 

 1901 was . . . . . . .82 



1900 53 



1899 44 



ROADS. 



Country, maintained by Imperial Government 60 miles. 

 Town, maintained by Colonial Government, about 2^ miles. 



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The Military Staff in 1902 consisted of : 

 His Excellency the Go- 

 vernor and Commander 

 in Chief . . . R. A. Sterndale, Esq., now 



deceased. 



Aide-de-Camp . . Lord Guernsey. 

 Private Secretary . A. Hands, Esq. 



O.C. Troops . . Col. A. J. Price, C.M.G., 



Acting Governor after July. 



Aide-de-Camp . . W. P. B. Eraser, 3rd Wilts. 

 Garrison Adjutant . Capt. W. H. C. Davy 

 O. C. Royal Artillery . Major C. C. Wiseman Clarke. 

 O. C. Royal Engineers Lieut. E. M. Jack, R.E. 

 Senior Medical Officer . Lieut.-Col. C. D. D. Mosse, 



R.A.M. Corps. 



Chief Ordnance Officer . Lieut. J. Nicholson. 

 District Paymaster (Act- 

 ing) . . . . Lt. T. S. M. Hardinge, 



R.G.A. 



O.C. Army Service Corps Maj. F. Horniblow, A.S.C. 



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