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METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS, 1922.
TEMPERA-
HUMI-
Month. Barometer at M.S.L. TURE. DITY. Max. Mean. Min. Rel. Abs. Cloudiness. Sunshine. WIND. Rain. Direction. Vel. ins. p.c. ins. p.c. bours. ins. points. miles p.h. January, 30.14 64.5 60.5 57.6 83 94.7 2.660 E 13.4 February. March, 30.04 65.0 61.3 58.1 83 79.3 5.490 E 15.4 April, 30.04 68.5 64.1 61.1 81 98.7 3.675 E 14.6 May, 29.83 83.3 78.6 75.4 85 79 175.8 5.495 ESE 12.1 June, 29.74 86.5 81.9 78.8 81 79 183.4 6.525 S by E 10.4 July.. 29.72 87.8 82.5 78.6 81 58 246.6 12.800 ESE 11.6 August, 29.65 87.3 82.4 78.8 September, 29.78 85.7 80.4 76.5 82 78 180.0 17.535 SSW 7.7 October, 30.00 80.5 75.5 72.1 77 60 205.3 9.935 NE by E 10.1 November, 30.13 74.1 68.4 63.4 71 0.66 223.2 2.025 E by N 12.2 December, 30.18 66.8 61.7 57.4 64 0.36 159.4 0.740 ENE 10.0 Mean or Total.... 29.93 77.1 72.3 68.8 77.5 0.65 71 166.3 5 69.435 E 11.6POPULATION.
The estimated population of the Colony at the middle of 1922 was as follows:--
Non-Chinese Civil Population.......... 15,200
Chinese Civil Population :-
Civil of Victoria (including The Peak) 340,000
Villages of Hongkong
Kowloon (including New Kowloon) 25,900
New Territories (land).... 133,000
84,000
Population afloat 64,300
Total Chinese Population 647,000
Total Civil Population 662,200
The census of 1921 gives the population of the Colony as follows:-
Island of Hongkong 347,401
Kowloon Peninsula 123,448
New Territories North 66,114
New Territories South 17,049
Floating population 71,154
Total 625,166
The increase shown over the population at the previous census (1911) was 168,427.
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