r
1904-1919
HONG KONG, 1907.
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161, the average percentage for the last ten years. The prison discipline was satisfactory, the average of punishments per prisoner being 1.50, as compared with 1.21 in 1906 and 1.47 in 1905.
The remunerative labour carried on in the gaol consists of printing, book-binding, washing, carpentry, boot-making, net-making, painting, and white-washing, mat-making, tailoring, oakum-picking, &c., the profit on the work done being $37,434, as against $34,495 in 1906.
The total strength of the police force for 1907 was, Europeans 135, Indians 410, Chinese 503, making a total of 1,048, as compared with 1,047 in 1906 exclusive in each case of the five superior officers and a staff of clerks and coolies. These figures include police paid for by the railway, private firms, and other Government departments. Of this force the District Officer and 13 Europeans, 101 Indians, and 45 Chinese were stationed in the New Territories during the year.
The force of District Watchmen, to which the Government contributes $2,000 per annum, was well supported by the Chinese during the year. These watchmen patrol the streets in the Chinese quarter of the city. They are placed on police beats and are supervised by the European police on section patrol.
IX.-VITAL STATISTICS.
(A.) POPULATION.
The population of the Colony according to the census taken in 1901 was 283,975, while at the census taken in 1906 it was 301,967 exclusive of the New Territories, New Kowloon, and the army and navy establishments. The estimated population at the middle of the year under review was 414,308, as follows:
Non-Chinese Civil Community Chinese Population-
Hong Kong
Kowloon
Floating Population
Mercantile Marine
12,700
192,400
71,950
43,530
2,700
310,580
Army (average strength)
3,920
Navy (average strength)
2,157
6,077
New Territories (exclusive of Kowloon).
85,011
Total
414,368
At the census taken in 1906 the average strength of the navy present in the Colony was 4,698.
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r
1904-1919
HONG KONG, 1907.
19
161, the average percentage for the last ten years. The prison discipline was satisfactory, the average of punishments per prisoner being 150, as compared with 121 in 1906 and 1:47 in 1905.
The remunerative labour carried on in the gaol consists of printing, book-binding, washing, carpentry, boot-making, net-making, painting, and white-washing, mat-making, tailor- ing, oakum-picking, &c., the profit on the work done being $37,434, as against $34,495 in 1906.
The total strength of the police force for 1907 was, Europeans 135, Indians 410, Chinese 503, making a total of 1,048, as com- pared with 1,047 in 1906 exclusive in each case of the five superior officers and a staff of clerks and coolies. These figures include police paid for by the railway, private firms, and other Government departments. Of this force the District Officer and 13 Eufopeans, 101 Indians, and 45 Chinese were stationed in the New Territories during the year.
The force of District Watchmen, to which the Government contributes $2,000 per annum, was well supported by the Chinese during the year. These watchmen patrol the streets in the Chinese quarter of the city. They are placed on police beats and are supervised by the European police on section patrol.
IX.-VITAL STATISTICS.
(A.) POPULATION.
The population of the Colony according to the census taken in 1901 was 283,975, while at the census taken in 1906 it was 301,967 exclusive of the New Territories, New Kowloon, and the army and navy establishments. The estimated population at the middle of the year under review was 414,308, as follows:
Non-Chinese Civil Community Chinese Population-
Kong Kong
Kowloon
Floating Population
Mercantile Marine
12,700
192,400
71,950
43,530
2,700
310,580
Army (average strength)
3,920
Navy (average strength)
2,157
6,077
New Territories (exclusive of Kowloon).
85,011
Total
414,368
At the census taken in 1906 the average strength of the navy present in the Colony was 4,698.
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