in
473
must be added the Military and Naval forces stationed there, encumber the important area the new building, say Kowloon, and the population of Kowloon Territory, as given in the Governor's Report. The floating population in the adjoining portion of the Harbour was given.
Total of $9,182
Taking
which has
to 3,000. The
the Census of this year,
just
been published,
the corresponding figures
are found
to be as
follows:
Civil population of British Kowloon 43,644
+ Naval forces
Military +
Kowloon city & Shame there do
&
Floating population near
Kowloon shore
2,950
8,092
11,558
Grand total 66,244
an increase of nearly 70 per cent
From the foregoing statement, it will be gathered that, not only is a
scheme much larger than that originally contemplated, but such a scheme is absolutely necessary. The interval between the census of 1897 and that of 1901 is about 4 years. The same rate of increase will have been
before
the proposed...