Aren in

British and foreign.

County, district, or parish.

square miles.

Chinese population. T

Total.

POPULATION AND VITAL STATISTICS, 1930.

RETURN OF THE POPULATION, AND OF THE MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS.

Persons employed in

Aliens and resident

[

Population to the square mile.

Males.Fenles.

Males.Females. Males, Females.

strangers not included in preceding columius.

Births number and rate

Marriages.

per 1,000.§

Deaths. + number

and rate

Agricul-Munafae-

Com-

per 1,000.

ture.

tures.

merce.

|

Colony of Hong Kong,

391

13,557

10,054 | 599,476 | 437,170 '603,032 : 447,224 |.

2,686

Returns not available.

45.984 43.8

781

| 48,283 46.0

(Estimations only).

† Excluding the Forces of the Crown.

זיין

1.000

per

1,000

This return does not include marriages between persons neither of whom professes the Christian religion duly celebrated according to the personal law and religious of the parties, § Both births and birth rates are to some extent fallacions owing to partial Chinese registration and migration of boat population. * Does not include 691 late registrations after 12 months,

| Excludes 1,102 stillbirths,

Not including refugees estimated at about 750,000.

HOUSING.

Number of chinese dwelling houses and floors.

Province, County,

Number of

houses.

Number of floors.

Population.

District or Purishi.

1 storey.

2 -toreys.

3 storeys. 4 storeys. 5 storeys. 6 storeys.

7 storeys.

8 storeys.

Victuring

403,192

343

982

4,339

6,420

625

35

27

(Ilong long).

†Kowloon and New Kowlouu.

3.6,188

80

446

5,796

3,353

11

1

† Aberdeen and Aplisham,

7.439

66

131

13-1

1

Sloukiwan,.

25.326

119

231

548

91

Totni

792.145

I

613

1,730

10,917

9,465

636

rastlinated population mid-year 1939 excluding refugees. ↑ Chat you: villa res not thetoilet,

36

27

12,680

44,365

9,727

31,913

332

734

989

2,589

23,728

NOTE: This form is a modification of that required by Colonial Office Circular Despatch of

30th Jane, 1931, to suit local conditions and to give more accurate information.

79,601

(N1)

337

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