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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DEC. 7, 1906.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S Department.
No. 1022. The following preliminary Census Report is published.
7th December, 1906.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
Preliminary Report on the Census taken on Tuesday, the 20th November, 1906:—
1.-NON-CHINESE POPULATION.
Place,
1906.
1901.
Increase.
Decrease,
Victoria,
7,738
6,862
876
Peak,
603
438
165
Hongkong Villages,.....
395
236
159
British Kowloon,..
2,245
895
1,350
Total,
10,981
8.431
2,550
2. CHINESE POPULATION (LAND).
Victoria,
..171,684 175,056
Peak,
1,715
1,786
3,372 71
Villages,
16,801
13,433
3,368
British Kowloon,.
51,801
42,976
8,825
Total,
.242,001 233,251
12,193
3,443
3. CHINESE POPULATION (FLOATING).
Harbour,
32,991 28,529
4,462
Aberdeen,
5,637
5,251
386
Shaukiwain,
6,248
5,439
809
Stanley,
706
881
175
Total,
45,582
40,100
5,657
175
Number of Boats enu-
merated,
6,846
5,836
1,010
The above figures are liable to correction.
There is an increase in the Non-Chinese population of over 800 persons in the City of Victoria, 165 in the Hill District, 160 in the villages, and 1,350 in Kowloon, the latter figure being an increase of about 150 per cent.
In the Chinese population there is a decrease of some 3,000 persons in the City of Victoria, and an increase of some 3,400 in the villages of Hongkong, and of nearly 9,000 in Tsim Sha Tsui, Yaumati and Hung Hom.
The floating population shows an increase of some Harbour limits and 1,000 in the villages of Hongkong. 6,846, compared with 5,836 in 1901.
5,500 persons, 4,500 within the The total number of boats, etc., is
P. P. J. WODEHOUSE, Census Officer.
5th December, 1900.
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