HUMIDITY.
Max. Mean. Min.
Rel.
K 3
METEOROLOGICAL Return.
The following Table records the meteorological conditions which prevailed during 1908:—
Month.
Barometer at M.S.L..
TEMPERATURE.
Cloudiness.
Sunshine.
Rain.
WIND.
Abs.
Dir.
Vel.
ins. ° ° ° p. c. p. c. ins. p. c. hours. Points. m. p. h. January, 30.19 66.8 62.4 58.1 78 0.44 76 143.2 E by N 11.3 February, 30.12 62.3 58.3 54.9 76 0.38 83 87.4 ENE 14.8 March, 30.09 65.9 61.2 57.0 76 0.42 66 146.0 E by N 15.4 April, 29.94 71.7 68.5 65.5 89 0.62 87 80.8 E 18.9 May, 29.87 80.8 76.1 72.1 79 0.72 62 219.8 E 12.3 June, 29.78 83.6 80.2 77.2 84 0.87 84 147.8 SE 13.0 July, 29.73 87.0 82.3 78.7 82 0.91 65 227.0 S by W 9.1 August, 29.72 87.3 82.1 78.5 83 0.91 66 219.9 ESE 7.1 September, 29.86 85.7 80.9 77.3 81 0.88 67 179.8 E by N 9.0 October, 29.92 80.8 76.8 73.4 78 0.72 69 174.4 ENE 17.2 November, 30.09 75.8 70.2 65.6 63 0.49 60 189.8 NE 11.7 December, 30.13 67.9 63.3 59.5 76 0.45 75 101.7 NE by E 10.5 Mean or Total, 29.95 76.3 71.8 68.1 79 0.65 72 1,917.1 E 12.52.640
2.830
0.765
11.150
1.325
15.245
22.262
12.065
13.720
5.440
0.145
4.255
91.875
The average rainfall for the decade ending 1897 was 92.6 inches, and for that ending 1907, 77.3 inches.
POPULATION.
The population of the Colony is primarily divided into Chinese and Non-Chinese. The Non-Chinese comprised at the Census of 1906 a white population of 12,925 of whom 6,085 were Civilians while 4,429 belonged to the Navy and 2,411 to the Army. The coloured races (Non-Chinese) numbered 8,500 and included East Indians, Asiatic Portuguese, Japanese, Filipinos, Malays, Africans, Persians and a few others.
The following Table shows the distribution according to nationality of the population as estimated for the year 1908.
European and Americans. 11,252 Africans. 10 East Indians. 4,116 Chinese and Malays. 316,850 Mixed and Coloured. 4,260 Total. 336,488The population exclusive of the Army and Navy consists chiefly of male adults. At the 1906 Census the male population was 70.1 per cent. of the total civil population; at the 1901 Census the percentage was 72.6 so there has been an increase in the percentage of females during the past few years.
Of the Chinese population in 1906 70.3 per cent. were males, and over half the civil population (56.9 per cent. of the Chinese and 52.6 per cent. of the Non-Chinese) were between the ages of 20 and 45 years.
The estimated population to the middle of 1908 is as follows:-
Non-Chinese, exclusive of the Army and Navy,
13,200
Chinese:
City of Victoria (including Peak and Stonecutters' Island),
177,130
Villages of Hongkong,
17,330
Kowloon,
74,350
Floating Population,
44,940
Mercantile Marine,
2,700
316,450
Army (average strength),
4,483
Navy (average strength),
2,355
Total population of the Colony in 1908 exclusive of the New Territories (except New Kowloon),
336,488
HUMIDITY.
Max. Mean. Min.
Rel.
K 3
METEOROLOGICAL Return.
The following Table records the meteorological conditions which prevailed during 1908:—
Month.
Barometer
at M.S.L..
TEMPERATURE.
Cloudiness.
Sunshine.
Rain.
WIND.
Abs.
Dir.
Vel.
ins.
Q
Q
▸
p. c.
ins.
p. c.
January,
30.19 66.8 62.4
58.1 78
0.44
76
hours. 143.2
iDs.
Points.
m. p. b.
2.640 E by N
11.3
February,..... 30.12 62.3 58.3
54.9
76
0.38
83
87.4
2.830 ENE
14.8
March,
30.09 65.9
61.2
57.0 76
0.42
66
146.0
0.765 E by N
15.4
April,..
29.94 71.7
68.5
65.5 89
0.62
87
80.8 11.150 E
18.9
May,
29.87 80.8
76.1
72.1 79
0.72
62
219.8 1.325 E
12.3
June,........
29.78 83.6
80.2
77.2 84
0.87
84
147.8 15.245 SE
13.0
July,
29.73 87.0
82.3
78.7 82
0,91
65
227.0 22.262 | S by W
9.1
August,
29.72 87.3
$2.1
78.5 83
0.91
66
219.9 12.065 ESE
7.1
September,
29.86
85.7
80.9
77.3
81
0.88
67
179.8 13.720 E by N
9.0
76.8
73.4 78
0.72
69
174.4 5.440 ENE
17.2
70.2 65.6 63
0.49
60
189.8 0.145 NE
11.7
30.13 67.9
63.3
59.5 76
0.45
75
101.7 4.255 N E by E
10.5
0,65
72
1,917.1 91.875 E
12.5
October,.....' 29.92 80.8
November,.. 30.09 75.8
December,
Mean or Total, 29.95 76.3 71.8 68.1 79
The average rainfall for the decade ending 1897 was 92.6 inches, and for that ending 1907, 77.3 inches.
POPULATION.
The population of the Colony is primarily divided into Chinese and Non-Chinese. The Non-Chinese comprised at the Census of 1906 a white population of 12,925 of whom 6,085 were Civilians while 4,429 belonged to the Navy and 2,411 to the Army. The coloured races (Non-Chinese) numbered 8,500 and included East Indians, Asiatic Por- tuguese, Japanese, Filipinos, Malays, Africans, Persians and a few others.
The following Table shows the distribution according to nationality of the population as estimated for the year 1908.
European and Americans.
11,252
Africans.
10
East Indians.
4,116
Chinese and
Malays. 316,850
Mixed and Coloured.
Total.
4,260 336,488
The population exclusive of the Army and Navy consists chiefly of male adults. At the 1906 Census the male population was 70.1 per cent. of the total civil population; at the 1901 Census the percentage was 72.6 so there has been as increase in the percentage of females
during the past few years.
Of the Chinese population in 1906 70.3 per cent, were males, and over half the civil population (56-9 per cent. of the Chinese and 52.6 per cent. of the Non-Chinese) were be- tween the ages of 20 and 45 years.
The estimated population to the middle of 1908 is as follows:-
Non-Chinese, exclusive of the Army and Navy,
13,200
Chinese:
City of Victoria (including Peak and Stonecutters' Island), Villages of Hongkong,
177,130
17,330
Kowloon,
74,350
Floating Population,
44,940
Mercantile Marine,.
2,700
316,450
Army (average strength),.......
4,483
Navy (average strength),
2,355
Total population of the Colony in 1908 exclusive of
the New Territories (except New Kowloon),...)
336,488
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