POPULATION AND VITAL STATISTICS, 1916.
RETURN OF THE POPULATION, AND OF THE MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS.
Whites.
Area in
County, District, or Parish.
Coloured Population.
Total.
Square
Miles.
Males. Females., Males. Females. Malos. Females.
Aliens and Resident Strangers not included in preceding Columns,
Population to the Square Mile.
Persons employed in
Births. Number
and Rate
Marriages."
Deaths." Number and Rate
Agricul- Manufac-
Com-
per 1,000.
per 1,000.
ture.
turos,
merce.
Colony of Hongkong,.......
390
† 3,000 † 2,000 340,300 |182,790 343,300 | 184,790
1,354
Returns not available.
2,637
6.2
128
10,558
24.00
per 1,000
per
1,000.
* These figures and rates are exclusive of the New Territories (to which the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance does not apply).
Excluding the Army and Navy,
(N1)