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(1) Chinese Race. The form issued to persons of Chinese Race, printed in Chinese, asked that birthplaces should be given hy the district for Kwangtung Pro- vince, by provinces for cliewhere in China, and by the country only for outside China. Several returns were mawe, however, of "China" only, some of "Kwangtung" and some of "Canton", where probably the reply was also Kwangtung. It is a pity that these mistakes were usually made by non-Chinese who, no doubt, with the best intentions, took the trouble to enter up particulars of their Chinese servants or other employees on an English form, which specified country of birth only. The numbers affected by the errors wewe, however, comparatively small and the figures for Canton City are probably only a ittle greater than is correct.
One enumerator reported that on first enquiring he found there were only two places where a child could be born; one was "in Hong Kong', the other was
"in the
country. received.
It was only after further questioning that a more explicit reply was
The following synopis of Table 24 gives the main features:
Born in Hong Kong & New Territories
Born on The Deta
Born in Eastern Kwangtung
270,478 32.93% 377,676 45.97%
=
648,154 = 78.90%
61,406
Born in Northers Kwangtung
21,976
Born in Western Kwangtung.
67,360
Born in South Western Kwangtung
5,821
156,563
534.239 = 65.04%
Born in Kwangting
Born in H.K., NF. & Kwangtung.
Born in Rest of 'hina
Born in H.K., NT. & China
Born elsewhere i. Asia
Born elsewhere
804,717 = 97.97%
15,160
817,877 = 99.56%
2,240
1,312
821,429
In the Delta the mai districts from which the population has been drawn are as follows:--
Sa Wui Trig Kwun
57.457
54,771
Na Hoi
Canton City
Pin U
Shn Tak
Hang Shan
Poon
51,774
47.467
40,800
40,341
34.848
20,566
Sai Shui
15,081
Similarly, in the other areas -
Eastern:
-Wi Chow
28,630
Cha Chau
11,873
Hc Luk Fung
7,849
Northern Chng Un
9,153
FaUni
7,251
Western --Sa: Ning
19,031
11,646
8,954
7,168
Hc Fing
Hc Shan
Shi Hing
Of those living in Hog Kong and Kowloon 21.5% were born in the Colony; of those afloat 75.1% and ofthose living in the New Territories 89.3% were born in Hong Kong or the New Teritories.
It is convenient to cosider here the cognate subject of Nationality as regards persons of Chinese race inthe Colony. The Nationalities claimed are given on Table 25.