545 
RETORT OF THE PROTECTOR OF IMMIGRANTS. 
• - VACCINATION. 
Nine hundred and thirty-nine (939) successful vaccinations of 
Indians were made, by the Indian Medical Officer and registered 
during the year in accordance with Law No. 3 of 1882 as against 
550 in the previous year. 
POPULATION. 
The following return from the year 1876 to the 31st December, 
1900, inclusive, gives the Indian population (introduced under the 
laws regulating the introduction of Indian immigrants) and the 
descendants of such Indians, births, birth-rate, deaths and death- 
rate for each year: — - 
Year. 
Popula- 
tion. 
1 
Births.j 
Deaths 
Birth- 
rate. 
• 
Death- 
rate. 
1876 
10,626 [ 
276' 
153 1 
2597 
J 4'39 
1877 
12,668 | 
184 
! ' 184 ! 
14*52 
*F 52 
1878 
1 1 7,862 
222 
251 
12-42 
1 405 
1879 
19,008 
232 
19* 
12-15 
10-04 
1880 . ... 
20,536 ! 
335 
285 
u '44 
13*87 
1881 
22,900 ; 
5 1 3 
384 
22-31 
16 07 
1882 
24,459 
604 
‘ 4 o 3 1 
24-69 
1 7,02 
1883 
27,021 
974 
; 482 ; 
34 
14*3 
1884 ... % . 
29,713 
774 
495 ! 
26*04! 
1606 
1885 
3 °, * 59 ; 
760 
! 491 1 
25-19 1 
16-28 
1 886 
t 49,589 | 
7*4 
! 392 
24-01 1 
1321 
1887 
28,944 : 
828 
1 410 : 
28-60 
! I4*l6 
1888 
28,362 j 
804 ! 
468 1 
28-35 
! 16*05 
1889 
30,355 1 
806 
5*7 i 
2605 
■ 1 7'°3 
1890 
33,494 
729 
545 
21-76 
1 6" 26 
* 891* 
35,736 
401 
269 
11-21 
7-52 
$91 and 1892 
! 38,365 
966 
617 
25-17 
i6-o8 
1 892 and 1893 
1 40 , 5 *o 
990 
653 
24‘43 
! 16* ii 
, 893 and 1894 
; 42,967 
1,117 
569 
! 28-99 
: *3-24 
1 894 and 1895 
46,343 
1,299 
609 
j 28 03 
13-14 
1 895+ 
46,799 
552 
392 
i 11-79 
8-37 
1 896 
49,643 
1 ,399 
718 
28'l8 
: 14*46 
1 897 
54,561 
1 170 
806 
21*44 
* 4*77 
■ 898 ... 
59,858 
M 43 
856 
19-09 
; 14*30 
1 899 
60,756 
L 432 
1 922 
23-57 
I 5 * 1 ? 
1 900 
65,925 
1,429 
1.030 
i 
j 21*67 
15*62 
* January to June, 1891. 
f J u1 y 
to December, 1895 
INCREASE AND DECREASE IN POPULATION. 
The following figures show the approximate number of Indians 
in the Colony on 31st December, 1900, introduced under the provi- 
