CENSUS of HONG KONG, 31st December 1852.
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STATE OF HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
(Signed) C. MAY,
Officiating Registrar-General,
Population. No. ofHouses,
Boats. Male. Female. Children. Total. Remarks. Europeans and Americans 476 312 86
41
37 148
137
83
91 459
416 175
107
113 811 Portuguese (Goa and Macao) 812 86 41 37 Indians, Malays, and natives of Manilla 268 38 24 22 352 370 Aliens (chiefly seamen) and temporary residents 194 194 194 Chinese, in the employment of Europeans 1,746 141 15 153 2,055 Chinese, residing in the city of Victoria 1,346 10,899 2,655 1,301
1,107 15,962 Ditto, boat population, Victoria Harbour 871 4,219 1,135 604
422 6,880 Total Ditto, ditto, other than Victoria 997 4,187 1,295 752
505 6,739 of 25,715 6,114 3,117 2,494 37,536 Ditto, resident in the villages 918 8,200 808 505
307 4,820 Chinese Ditto, temporary residents and vagrants
Ditto, emigrants waiting passage to California, &c. 700
80 780
800 800 2
634 1,868 Total 26,673 6,375 8,325 2,644 39,017 26,673 6,375 8,325
2,644 39,017 Total 33,292 of every description. 32,983 37,058
The Result of previous Censuses Was
Total In 1844 19,463 Chinese only. 1845 1846 24,157 of every description. 1847 22,453 1848 1849 21,514 1850 29,507 1851 1852 → 23,872 of every description.