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The Chinese population of the New Territories (exclusive of New Kowloon) was 85,011 at the Census taken in 1901 but there are no data as yet on which to base an estimate of increase in population (if any) in this portion of the Colony since that date.
The average strength of the troops in Garrison during 1908 was 141 British Officers and 2,201 British N.C.O.s and men with 35 Indian Officers and 1,664 Indian N.C.O.s and men, and 54 Chinese attached to the Royal Engineers. There were also 348 British women and children, and 40 Indian women and children, making a total of 388.
The average strength of the British Fleet was as follows:- Europeans permanently in the Colony 336, Europeans occasionally in the Colony 5,464, Chinese permanently in the Colony 143, Chinese occasionally in the Colony 164 - making a total of 6,107. For the purpose of estimating the population it is considered fair to take as an average only one-third of those "occasionally" resident in the Colony; this gives 2,355.
The Chinese boat population is estimated for 1908 as 41,940 and the number of boats belonging to the port and the villages of Hongkong is as follows:--
Passenger boats, 2,805 Cargo boats, 1,350 Steam-launches, 268 Lighters, 151 Harbour boats, 1,348 Fishing junks, 4,773 Trading junks, 1,760 Total 12,458In addition there belong to the New Territories:- Passenger boats 493, Fishing junks 8,631, and other boats 31 - making a grand total of 21,120.
The following Table shows the number of Chinese houses and floors and the inmates per house and per floor in the City of Victoria as estimated for the year 1908-
Health District. One Storey Dwellings. Two Storey Dwellings. Three Storey Dwellings. Four Storey Dwellings. Five Storey Dwellings. Total Dwellings. Average Floors per Dwelling. Number of Persons per Dwelling. Number of Persons per Floor. 1.... 161 425 221 32 Nil. 839 2.1 15.0 6.9 2 351 573 $2 Nil. 1,802 2.7 20.1 7.3 3...... Nil. 11 18 Nil. Nil. 29 2.6 4. 8 48 562 5.. 14 135 547 434 283 Nil. 979 3,581 3.3 22.1 6.5 6. 51 455 351 25 929 3,053 3.2 17.0 5.1 7. 13 61 8. 1 75 9. 13 425 62 443 399 576 335 457 199 361 341 87 10. 14 1,001 3,289 3.2 18.0 5.5 + 1,093 3,035 2.7 22.8 8.2 Nil. 851 2,149 2.5 16.7 6.6 Total and Averages 1908.... 261 1,939 4,188 2,202 63 8,718 25,899 2.9 20.1 6.7 Total and Averages 1907.... 346 1,980 4,174 2,049 107 8,696 25,719 2.8 20.0 6.8Most of the Chinese of this district live in quarters attached to offices.