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POPULATION AND VITAL STATISTICS, 1916.

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

Whites.

Area in

County, District, or Parish.

Coloured Population.

Total.

Square

Miles.

Males. Females., Males. Females. Malos. Females.

Aliens and Resident Strangers not included in preceding Columns,

Population to the Square Mile.

Persons employed in

Births. Number

and Rate

Marriages."

Deaths." Number and Rate

Agricul- Manufac-

Com-

per 1,000.

per 1,000.

ture.

turos,

merce.

Colony of Hongkong,.......

390

† 3,000 † 2,000 340,300 |182,790 343,300 | 184,790

1,354

Returns not available.

2,637

6.2

128

10,558

24.00

per 1,000

per

1,000.

* These figures and rates are exclusive of the New Territories (to which the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance does not apply).

Excluding the Army and Navy,

(N1)