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The boat population numbered 57,570 and the registered boats belonging to the port and villages of Hongkong are as follows:--
Passenger boats, 1,142
Cargo boats, 1,512
Steam launches, 356
Lighters, 185
Harbour boats, 6,039
Fishing boats, 1,734
Trading junks, 13,562
Total, 24,530
This gives an average of 42 persons per boat.
The licensed boats in the New Territories numbered 7,028.
There is a large passenger traffic between Hongkong and the mainland of China; the number travelling by the river steamers being as follows:-
Arrivals 1,226,798;
Departures 1,189,992
Arrivals 307,310;
Departures ...
whilst the figures for the Kowloon-Canton Railway are:-
Arrivals 344,220;
Departures ...
The effect on the number of the residents caused by this traffic is not known because there are other ways of entering and leaving the Colony of which there are no statistics.
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The boat population numbered 57,570 and the registered boats belonging to the port and villages of Hongkong are as follows:--
Passenger boats,
Cargo boats,
Steam launches,
Lighters,
Harbour boats,
Fishing boats,
Trading junks,
1,142
1,512
356
185
6,039
1,734
2.594
13,562
Total,
This gives an average of 42 persons per boat.
The licensed boats in the New Territories numbered 7,028.
There is a large passenger traffic between Hongkong and the mainland of China; the number travelling by the river steamers being as follows:-
Arrivals 1,226,798;
Departures 1,189,992
Departures 307,310
whilst the figures for the Kowloon-Canton Railway are:-
Arrivals 344,220;
The effect on the number of the residents caused by this traffic is not known because there are other ways of entering and leaving the Colony of which there are no statistics.
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