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In England and Wales in 1921 there were only 18 urban areas with a population exceeding 200,000 persons and 12 only exceeding 260,000. Kowloon, therefore, almost entirely urban, is now comparable in size with Nottingham (262,624) or Portsmouth (247,284) and is not far short of Newcastle-upon-Tyne where the population in 1921 was 275,000 persons.
(c) New Territories.
Table 5.
NEW TERRITORIES.
1931
1921
Increase
Males Females Total
Males Females
Total
North:
Pingshan
6,339
6,321
12,660
6,099
5,354
11,453
1,207
Au Tau
6,394
6,483
12,877
6,136
5,749
11,885
992
Lok Ma Chow
2,218
2,159
4,377
1,839
1,787
3,626
751
Sha Tau Kok
4,257
4,684
8,941
3,624
4,783
8,357
584
Sheungshui
5,215
4,993 10,208
3,768
3,881
7,649
2,559
Taipo
6,479
6,205 12,684
4,505
4,631
9,136
3,548
Shatin
1,997
2,349
4,346
1,921
2,235
4,156
190
Decrease
Saikung
3,370
4,215
7,585
4,553
5,299
9,852
2,267
Totals Northern District....
26,269
37,409 73,678
32,445
33,669
66,114
7,564
South:
Tsun Wan
Lantau
Ping Shan-.SKAM.
Cheung Chau
Lamma Island
Po T'oi Group & Cheung
Kwan O District
Other Islands
3,143
2,192
5,835
2,582
2,321
4,903
432
3,619
3,790
7,409
3,125
2,833
5,958
1,451
1,033
680
1,713
1,713
3,180
2,297
5,477
2,978
2,059
5,037
440
694
748
1,442
637
514
1,151
291
L
1,444 17
1,642
3,086
3,086
17
17
Totals Southern District... 13,130
11,349
24,479
9,322
7,727 17,049
7,430,
Totals New Territories
49,399 48,758 98,157
41,767 41,396 83,163 14,994
and is
The population of the Northern District is almost entirely agricultural more stable than any other section of the community. There is practically no im- migration and the net increase is, therefore, the natural increase less the loss by emigration. The above table shows the population by Police Districts. There is an increase in all the districts except in Saikung. Part of this decrease is possibly due to unavoidable omissions as the area is inaccessible except by small foot-paths over the hills and by sea. Or it is possible that the area given under the Southern District as Po Toi Group and Cheung Kwan O District, for which there is no corres-- ponding figure in the 1921 tables, was included on that occasion within the Sai Kung District. The area is, however, within the Southern District.
Grouping the two Districts the total increase is 14,994 or 18.03% on the figures
for 1921.