No.16.
E.
Hongkong
1880.
Police Department; Victoria, 20th August, Nominal Return of the number of Houses in Victoria, showing whether Land owned by Foreigners or Chinese, also whether occupied by Foreigners or Chinese, the proportional amount of Ground Rent upon each description of property, and the population
No.
of
whom
By whom
Proportion of Ground
Total
Houses.
owned.
occupied.
This amount estimated from Detailed Population
the assessment for Police Rate
Remarks.
Population.
M. F. C. 419 475 Foreigners 310 Chinese The Total Chinese Population in Victoria according to census return in March 1880 was 13,087 compiled 906 1,973 141 3,206 260 Chinese Chinese. 1,574 54 6,358 2050 1,552 Total. 3,547 195 9,464 2,310 1,862 1,381 349 Foreigners Foreigners 778 761 221 228 11,337 9 True Copy 9860The Houses owned and occupied by Chinese, (for instance Lower Bazaar and Caipingshan) contain more inhabitants than those houses rented from Europeans, the latter being chiefly business houses, and the former, in addition containing 13,636 families of the occupants.
The Chinese Population: does not include, Chinese Servants in European employ*
* viz. 9098. 2,219. 883 male & 887 female children.
(Signed) C. May,
Superintendent of Police & Officiating Registrar General.
Colonial Secretary: