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## SECTION II.
## PUBLIC HEALTH.
### PART 1.-VITAL STATISTICS.
Civil Population.
57. The estimated civil population for the whole of the territories under British jurisdiction at the middle of the year was 900,812, of which 880,812 or 97.73 per cent was Chinese and 20,000 or 2.27 per cent non-Chinese. The distribution was as follows:-
Urban area of Victoria:- Europeans and Americans 4,000 Other non-Chinese races 5,500 Chinese 364,279 373,779 Villages of Hong Kong:- Europeans and Americans 300 Non-Chinese other than Europeans 100 Chinese 43,513 43,913 Total for Hong Kong Island 417,692 Urban Area of Kowloon including New Kowloon :— Europeans and Americans 4,480 Other non-Chinese Races 5,600 Chinese 273,244 Total for Kowloon & New Kowloon..... 283,324 Junks and Sampans Chinese 100,000 New Territories exclusive of New Kowloon :- Europeans and Americans 20 Chinese 99,776 99,796 Total civil population 900,81258. During the year 2,368,340 persons entered and 2,392,340 left the Colony by river steamer and by railroad, making a surplus of emigrants over immigrants by these routes of 24,000. Fuller details are as follows:
Arrived. Departed. River steamer 1,545,162 1,668,431 Railway 823,178 723,909 Ocean going steamers 606,918 435,109 Total 2,975,258 2,827,449