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females to males would appear to have been considerably greater than usual. The Chinese boat population as estimated to the middle of 1915 was 56,790 and the number of boats belonging to the Port and villages of Hongkong is as follows:--
Passenger boats, Cargo boats, Steam launches, Lighters,
Harbour boats,
Fishing boats.
Trading junks,
Total.
This gives an average of 4.4 persons per boat.
The licensed boats in the New Territories numbered 6,864.