L. KADOORIE, Esq.,
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APPENDIX 5.
Port Works, Airport & Tunnels Dept., St. George's Bldg., (2nd floor).
Chairman-Building Reconstruction Advisory Committee.
CENSUS 1941.
Arising out of the questions raised at the last meeting of the Committee, the following figures have been extracted from the Report on Census of the Colony taken by A.R.P. Department on 13-15 March, 1941.
Nationality
Hong Kong Kowloon
Water
N.T.
Totals
American
139
257
396
British
5,542
2,440
7,982
Chinese
697,674
568,955
154,000
195,000*
1,615,000
European
663
2,272
2,935
Indian
3,342
4,037
7,379
Portuguese
765
2,157
2,922
Miscellaneous
1,169
925
2,094
Totals
709,294
581,043
154,000 195,000
1,640,000
:-Northern
* No count was made in the New Territories. Rough estimates were:-)
District 110,000, Southern District 85,000. The figures were believed, where counted, to be accurate within about 21%.
2. The total figures, by broad groups, in the urban areas of Hong Kong and Kowloon only, would thus be:-
Nationality
Hong Kong
Kowloon
Total
Chinese
697,674
568,955
1,266,629
European (incl. American)
6,344
4,969
11,313
Indian
3,342
4,037
7,379
Portuguese
765
2,157
2,922
Miscellaneous
1,169
925
2,094
Totals
709,294
581,043
1,290,337
The "Miscellaneous" group presumably included Japanese who will not now have to be catered for. The figures did not include any Service personnel.
(Signed) S. ERIK FABER,
W/Cdr.
S.O. I C.A. (Wks.) P.A.T. 31. 1. 46.