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Birth registration is not universal and a considerable number of births, especially those of females, are never reported.
Population. The estimated civilian population for the whole of the territories under British Jurisdiction was 1,143,510; that for the Colony was 1,047,260 and that for the New Territories was 96,250. The distribution was as follows:-
Non-Chinese (mostly resident in Hong Kong and Kowloon) 18,150 Chinese in the City of Victoria 577,500 Villages of Hong Kong 46,080 Kowloon and New Kowloon 296,480 Junks and Sampans 109,050 Total civilian population 1,047,260During the year 1,880,459 persons entered and 1,805,563 left the Colony by river steamer and by railroad, making a balance of immigrants over emigrants by these routes of 74,896.
River steamer Railway Total Arrived. 1,229,995 650,464 1,880,459 Departed. 1,300,676 504,887 1,805,563The above does not represent the total movement between Hong Kong and the neighbouring provinces for there are many who arrive and depart by junk or sampan.
BIRTHS.
The births registered as having occurred in the Colony were:-
Chinese Non-Chinese Total 9,872 351 10,223