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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS.-ANNUAL.
14.-EXPENDITURE OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
The amounts paid during the year on account of the departments were:
Payments in Great Britain in sterling money, £23,068l. 14s, 5d. Payments in the Colony in local currency, $846,880.84.
15.-FOREIGN CONSULS.
No new Consulates were established in the Colony during 1890.
16.-POPULATION.
The estimated population on the 31st December 1889 was as follows:-
Males Females Total 138,033 56,449 194,482which is 21,318 less than the estimated population at the end of 1888.
The last census was taken in 1881, the population being then returned as 160,402, of which 115,369 were males and 45,033 females.
The following is the mean estimated population for the last nine years:
Years. Males. Females. Total. 1882 119,704 46,729 166,433 1883 124,768 48,707 173,475 1884 130,560 50,969 181,529 1885 137,079 53,515 190,594 1886 144,550 56,440 200,990 1887 152,427 60,524 212,951 1888 154,500 61,300 215,800 1889 138,033 56,449 194,482 1890 198,74282
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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS.- -ANNUAL.
14.-EXPENDITURE OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
The amounts paid during the year on account of the depart-
ments were :
Payments in Great Britain in sterling money, 23,0681. 14s, 5d. Payments in the Colony in local currency, $846,880.84. .
15.-FOREIGN CONSULS.
No new Consulates were established in the Colony during 1890.
16.-POPULATION.
The estimated population on the 31st December 1889 was as follows:-
Males
Females
Total
138,033
56,449
194,482
which is 21,318 less than the estimated population at the end of 1888.
The last census was taken in 1881, the population being then returned as 160,402, of which 115,369 were males and 45,033 females.
The following is the mean estimated population for the last nine years :-
Years.
Males.
Females.
Total.
1882
119,704
46,729
166,433
1883
124,768
48,707
173,475
1884
130,560
50,969
181,529
1885
137,079
53,515
190,594
1886
144,550
56,440
200,990
1387
152,427
60,524
212,951
1888
154,500
61,300
215,800
1889
138,033
56,449
194,482
1890
198,742
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