# M 29
## SECTION II,
### Public Health.
#### PART I.-VITAL STATISTICS.
#### CIVIL POPULATION.
67. The estimated civil population for the whole of the territories under British jurisdiction at the middle of the year was 988,190 of which 966,358 or 97.8 per cent was Chinese and 21,832 or 2.20 per cent non-Chinese. The distribution was as follows:-
Urban area of Victoria:- Europeans and Americans 4,347 Other non-Chinese races 5,958 Chinese 382,119 392,424 Villages of Hong Kong:- Europeans and Americans 357 Other non-Chinese races 120 Chinese 50,605 51,082 Total for Hong Kong Island 443,506 Urban area of Kowloon including New Kowloon :— Europeans and Americans 4,909 Other non-Chinese races 6,116 Chinese 327,858 Total for Kowloon & New Kowloon 338,883 Junks and Sampans:- Chinese 100,000 New Territories exclusive of New Kowloon:- Europeans and Americans 25* Chinese 105,776 105,801 Total civil population 988,190* In addition there were 26 engaged temporarily at Shing Mun Dam.