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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH MARCH, 1905.
RETURNS ACCOMPANYING THIS REPORT.
Attached are :—
The Statistics of Population.
Meteorological Return for the year.
Return of Diseases and Deaths at the Government Civil, the Gaol and the Tung Wah Hospitals.
J. M. ATKINSON,
Principal Civil Medical Officer.
Navy.
Return of the Statistics of Population, for the Year 1904.
Number of Inhabitants in 1904,
Europeans and Whites including Portuguese and the Army and
Africans, East Indians and
Malays, including Indian Troops.
Chinese. Total.
342,306 361,206
13,106
5,794
Births Deaths
199
64
942
1,205
11
137
99
5,882 6,118
21
"?
Immigrants
149,195 149,195
59
""
Emigrants,
76,304 76,304
"
Inhabitants in 1903,
12,771
5,810
307,050 | 325,631
17
Increase,
335
35,256 35,591
Decrease,
16
16
Meteorological Return.
TEMPERATURE.
HUMIDITY.
WIND.
MONTH.
BAROME TER AT
CLOU- SUN-
DINESS. SHINE.
RAIN.
M.S.L. Max. Mean. Min. Rel. Abs.
Dir.
Vel.
January,
February,
ins. 30.20 64.9 59.5 55.4
о
O
ins. p. c.
72 0.37
p. c. 49
hours. 185.2
ins. 0.120
points. miles) P.
b.
E by N
13.8
30.12
March,
68.1 62.6 58.5
30.00 67.0 63.2 60.3
69
0.40
37
207.5
0.200
E
13.9
87 0.51
97
29.7 3.755
E by N
14.6
April,
29.96 75.2 70.7 67.8
May,
29.88 80.8 75.6 71.8 83 0.74
888
86 0.65
8
83
112.4 1.905
E
14.8
73
148.0
7.705 E by S
12.8
June,
29.72 85.0 79.8 76.0 83
0.84
72
162.1
19.640 SE by E
9.9
July,
29.67 85.9 81.1 77.9 82
0.88
76
147.4 7.225 SSW 10.9
August,.... 29.70 86.0 80.8 77.2
૪૪
0.87
68
172.6 27.640
E by S
13.2
September,.
October,
29.88 85.0 80.2 76.3
81
0.84
66
161.3 9.770
E
11.5
30.01 80.1 76.5 73.3
74 0.68
58
191.2 2.005
E by N
14.1
November,. 30.15 74.0 68.8 64.6! 62
December,... 30.23 66.1 60.7 55.7
62
22
0.45
55
187.3 0.215
ENE
13.1
0.34
45
2017
0.230 ENE 10.6
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