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POPULATION AND VITAL STATISTICS, 1937.

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

Area in

County, District, or Parish.

British and Foreign.

Chinese Population.

Square Miles.

Total

Population to the Square not included

Mile.

Alions and Resident Strangers

Persons employed in

Columns.

in preceding Agricul- Manufac-

Births. Number and Rate per 1,000.

Marriages. ‡

Deaths,

t Number

and Rate

Com-

per 1,000.

ture.

Lures.

merce.

2,575

Returns not available.

• 31,559

421

| 34,635

31.32

per 1,000

34-39

per

1,000

Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females.

Colony of Hong Kong,

391

12,966

9,616 | 565,219, 419,181 (578,185,428,797

(Estimations only),

† Excluding the Army and Navy.

This return does not inchule marriages between persons neither of whom professes the Christian religion duly celebrated according to the personal law and religions of the parties. Both births and birth rates are to some extent fallacious owing to partial Chinese registration and migration of boat population.

• Does not include 744 late registrations after 12 months.

| Excludes 913 stillbirths.

HOUSING.

Number of Chinese Dwelling Ilouses and Floors.

Province, County,

District or Purish.

Totul Population.

Number of Ilouses.

Number of Floors.

1 Storey,2 Storeys, 3 Storeys. 4 Storeys. 5 Storeys. 6 Storeys. 7 Storeys. 8 Storeys.

Victoria,

386,579-

349

902

4,375

6,337

6·11 -

22

24

4

12,657

44,178

{Long Kong).

† Kowloon and New Kowloon,

341,512*

151

499

5,607 1 3,133

10

9,401

30,558

† Aberdeen and Aplichau,

7,132*

67

125

133

326

720

Shukiwau,.

24,279-

118

230

548

67

963

2,190

Total

695

1,756

10,663

9,539

654

23

333

24

23,317

77,916

Estimated population mad-ysur 1937. ↑ Pullying villages not included.

NOTE: This form is a modification of that required by Colonial Office Circular Tespatch of

30th June, 1931 to suit local conditions and 10 give more accurate intorination,

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