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128. During the year 2,881,479 persons entered and 2,796,222 persons left the Colony, making a daily average of 7,894 arrivals and 7,660 departures. The details are as follows:-
Arrivals Departures River steamers 1,487,863 1,637,741 Railway 690,745 587,816 Junks and sampans, etc 71,342 77,396 Ocean going vessels 631,529 493,269 Total: 2,881,479 2,796,222Births.
129. The births registered as having occurred in the Colony were:
Number Chinese 12,055 Non-Chinese 388 Total: 12,443Deaths.
130. The deaths registered among the civilian population of the Colony (including New Kowloon but excluding the remainder of the New Territories) was 18,797 giving a crude death rate of 24.08 as compared with 21.37 for the previous year.
Year Deaths Estimated population Death rate per mille 1931 Chinese 18,566 761,149 24.39 Non-Chinese 231 19,522 11.83 1930 Chinese 16,082 741,500 21.68 Non-Chinese 186 19,000 9.79