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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1931.

CENSUS OF THE COLONY,

WIDE FLUCTUATIONS OF POPULATION.

Objects of A Census.

It is difficult to write on the ob-,

THE CHINA MAIL.

CYCLES OF TRADE

DEPRESSION.

The Gold Monetary Supply. CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT, tion and the characteristics of sex addressing members of the Rotary Professor R. Robertson. M.A..

react on various social phenomena

SHADOWS BEFORE

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN CHINA MAIL.

Social Functions, To-day-Tea Dance at Kong Hotel, 4.30 p.m.

To-day-Dinner Dances at Penin-

Hong

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

ANNUAL RACE MEETING 1931.

February 28, March 2, 3, 4, and 7. 1931.

jects of a Census in Hong Kong as distribution in a country frequently Club at their weekly tifin yeatersula and Repulse Bay Hotels, 8 p.m. the first race will be run at

so many of the main objects are only attainaite when we are deal- ing with a settle and established people. In Hong Kong there are wide fluctuations of population. To many the Colony is merely a con venient market for the commodity they have to sell, namely their labour: when ade is booming there is flot of immigration which

recedes mmediately trade

ceases to expand, and when distur bances arise in the neighbouring provinces of China an influx again nets in the drained away ones more when cond lions in China There is a become more meal. constant stream coming and going and the halange is sometimes one way and gmetimes another.

It is proposed, therefore, to deal

of vice

and

such as morality, diaposition to dia-day, took as his subject that of

"Gold and Trade Depressiori." ease, manifestation crime etc. A classification accord-had carefully refrained from calling He stated at the outset that he ing to sex is therefore of fundamen tal interest.

it "Montetary Systems and Trade It is equally obvious that the classification of occupa ed questions at its conclusion about Depression," lest he should be ask- tions according to

ia of enormous social and economic im-

the Hong Kong dollar. portance.

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The whole subject was a highly In Hong Kong from early days the

controversial one. Ffe had been masculinity of the Chinese popula-mach impressed with the diveralty tion has been high, owing to tho, of opinion

of leaving custom

a wife and children in "the country" when the wage-earner was attracted to Hong Kong by the higher wages obtainable there.

In the non-Chinese community also there was for many years a

large preponderance of males com generally with in usual objects of pared with females. In hath cases a Census and then to see in what the proportion is now being reduc. mensure these objects are attained: living conditions are now fa able in Hong Kong.

In Early Days,

vourable for European women and the Chinese appear to bring their families to a greater extent and settle in Hong Kong. Thus in 1911 the proportion of females to males in the whole colony was only 542 per 1,000; in 1921 It had risen to

G3-4.

On the matter. Economists had become used to the so-called industrial cycles as in- though not wholly, connected with evitable. They

were probably the monetary system. eating question therefore arose as

The inter-

to how far the monetary system changes both of short period and could be held responsible for long period in price levels, and the concurring changes in industry.

In America. Professor Robertson described the American banking where the difference in legal re- system, serves made publication compulsory of separate forms for time deposits and demand deposits.

February 21-Interport Football dinner, Peninsula Hotel roof garden, 8 p.m.

N SATURDAY, February 28, 1.30 p.m., and on all other daya at 11.30 a.m. On the first day the first 'bell will be rung at 1 p.m. and on the other four days at 11

a.m.

MEMBERS BADGES &

ENCLOSURE.

Entertainments. To-day-

Queen's Theatre "Song of O' My Heart."

To-day Central Theatre "The Battle of Paris,"

To-day Majestic Theatre; "Innocents of Paris."

To-day

Theatre. "Popular Sin."

No one without a badge will be To-day World Theatre, admitted to the Members' Enclo-

Robber's Idyll," picture).

(Chinese sure.

- Star

Home Malls. To-day Inward from Europe via Siberia (Glenapp); Outward for Europe vin Victoria B.C., 5 p.m., and Europe via Siberia, 6 p.m. (Hikawa Maru).

Sports.

See Diary on page 8. Meelings..

To-morrow-Annual meeting of Matheson's Office, 12.30 p.m. "Star" Ferry Company Ltd., Jardine

H.K., Canton & Macno Steamboat March: 5-Annual meeting of Co., Ltd., Queen's Building, 11 a.m. Lammerts Auction. Street, household furniture, 2.30 Friday-At Sales Room, Duddell p.m.

Miscellaneous,

To-morrow - Fronch

Members are reminded that they Ind their ladies must wear their badges prominently displayed.

Badges admitting non-members to the Members' Enclosure and Club Rooms at $10 per day includ- ing tax-or $40 including tax for the Meeting (ndies $5 and $20. respectively), are obtainable through the Secretary upon intro- duction by a Member, such Mem- ber to be responsible for all chits, &c.

Badges admitting to Members* Enclosure will NOT be en sale at the Race Club.

permitted in either enclosure dur- On no pretext will children be ing the first four days of the Meet- ing.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.

The price of admission to the Public Enclosure is $4 per day in- cluding tax for all persons, includ- Conventing ladies, and is payable at the

Gate.

School prize distribution, 4 pm.

In early days the principal oh jucts of a census were merely either to ascertais the military strength of a nation or to assess taxes and adjust the rights and duties of the citizens. Today the results of a

The question had arisen as to census are of a much are varied

Children v. Old People.

whether the maintenance of a character and they form the basis

As regards age it is important to minimum proportion of liabilities is for many ministrative, sociolo- know whether a community is nor- good thing.

Professor J. M. gical, and other enquiries. Many matly or abnormally consitituted. Klag, in his latest book, bad found questions affecting the political, for example, whether it has an ex- that the chief factor in the in- economic, and social welfare of acessive number of children and eld dustrial cycle is due to mismanage community can only be answered people. In Hong Kong registrationment of the banking system. through the existence of the census of births is largely evaded by the

Gold as a Medium. Agures.

Chinese, especially in the case of

Was gold, too, likely to prove the female births. Deutha, however, most suitable medium, in the long are always registered as registen-run for the world monetary system? tion is a necessary preliminary to There burial. We cannot, therefore, ob-population to expect in future, and a greatly expanding tain a proper birth rate, but we do fall in gold production had been obtain a fairly accurate death rate. forecast. The discoveries of new The crade death rate (usually ex-gold fields seemed essential. pressed as the number of deaths If gold were not to be had auf-ciety's Annual Show of Flowers and per 1,000 of the population) can be ficiently to carry on the monetary ascertained accurately only by the system, there would have to be help of the Census, since during some form of action by an Inter- intercensil periods all estimates of national conference. The nucleus

The principal object of Census- taking, and the one probably which is beat understool anil arouse the greatest measure of interest, is the

How am

"Another new dress? I going to set the money for it?"

"I don't know. I am your wife and not your financial adviser,"

Smith's Weekly, Sydney,

determination of the total number of persons in the community and their local distribution as well as the progress or decline of the com- munity in varinus aspects since the date of the preceding Census. The charges that have occurred during the intereensal period of 10 years expressed either absolutely or re iatively to similar changes during previous intercensal periods or among other communities are dis- closed. Whether the population is increasing rapidly or slowly, whe ther it is congregating at centres or distributing itself areas, are questions that can only be answered definitely by means of

over TCW

was

rate have to be based on more orf of such a body might be found in less imperfect estimates of popula- the International Bank set up under tion. Classification according to the Young Pian. (Applause). are assists also in the interpreta-

tion of the trude death rate.

If the Census showed an ab- normal constitution of the popula- tion with, for example, a propor- tinnately large number of men and women over 70 or 80 years of age

REPLY TO GANDHI.

POLICE ATTITUDE SAID TO HAVE BEEN GOOD. BYGONES BE BYGONES.

we would expect a higher death LET

rate than if the Census showed a proportionately smaller number of the population who had passed the psalmist's span of life. Therefore, besides giving us the means of cal culating these rates, the Census also makes possible their proper interpretation.

School Accommodation.

New Delhi. Yesterday. According to the Allahabad cor- respondent of Gandhi's letter of February 4 the Hindustan Times, the Viceroy's reply to holds that the requested enquiry into alleged police excesses is un- desirable at present. The police

Friday Dinner to British garden. Mission, Hong Kong Hotel roof

Institute, 9 p.m.

Friday Concert, Helena May

Harticultural

February 19-Entries close for Show of Flowers and Vegetables, Society's Annual

посп.

February 25-Horticultural So Vegetables, City Hall.

KING'S AUNT.

MAKING VERY GOOD RECOVERY.

Rugby, Yesterday. The King and Queen returned to London to-day from Sandring ham and one of

their first acts was to visit Princess Beatrice at had a very restful night Kensington Palace. The Princess and is making satisfactory recovery from a severe attack of bronchitia- British Wireless Service.

dence Day, January 25, when tho Garwulis were congratulated, were La incitement meeting.

Other matters also depend upon attitude has generally been excep-began with the unveiling of four a knowledge of the ages of per- tionally good.

Congress volun-

sons.

It is desirable to know theeers in many places have not number of children School accommodation

for whom abided by Congress injunctions for provided in the future and whether course now is to let bygones be

should be

striet non-violence, and the best the present number of schools is another matter in which a teasus

tygones. needed to give the

Lord Irwin complains that Con- Government some knowledge of what will be reaceful atmosplicre, and points grees has not helped to create a required in future years.

Questions are also usually asked out that proceedings on Indepen in Census enquiries relating to the

a census. In some countries poli-literacy capacity of the people.

The single test of

literacy is rather crude, but the literacy or

three questions that it is proposed) to ask in Hong Kong (1) Can you read and write your own language; (2) Can you read and write English; (3) Can you speak English will, it is hoped. furnish a rough iden of the efficiency of our machinery.

educational

tical representation may be affected by an alteration in the distribution of the population as shown by the census. This does not affect Hong Kong, but questions of water sup ply, whether police protection is adequate or not, queations of fire service, means of transport and similar matters can be decided from us with the facts disclosed, by the census, and are no longer matters of mere estimate.

Occupations.

Population falls into natural The classification of the people, groups according to sex and age according to occupation is obvious- and although the distribution Be-ly of fundamental importance and cording to conjugal condition (ie. a comparison with amilar

whether single, married, widowed, classification made at preceding, with the

gr divorced) does not depend on Censuses provides us natural causes but on the social Inmaterial for

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stitution of marriage, this institu- Colony's industry.

tlón is so well established that this classification is comparable in im portance to classification according to sex and age.

. Males v. Fmeales. Large differences between the number of make and females affect generally the economie condition of the community; they affect the number of marriages, and the na tural increase of the popula-

KONGMOON NOTES. NEW CIVIL AIR SERVICE TO SHEKKI.

[From Our Own Correspondent) Kongmoon, Yesterday.

review of the

In general, then, it may be said that the whole machinery of ad- ministrative government involving, as it does, provision for transport and communication, for Police and other protection and for many other requirements of the com- munity, has necessarily to be based upon an accurate knowledge of the extent and distribution of the population.

Chung Scan district is a model dis trict and independent of the Kwong Tung Government.

The proposal of a Civil air serv vice between Kongmoon and Shokki will be in force in the very near fu- ture,

It is planned that on every odd day, a plane will start from It has been officially confirmed Shekki to Kongmoon and stop at that Mr. Tong Slu-yee has been ap- Tong Kah Wan for the night. The pointed as the Magistrate of the plane will start again next morning Chung Shan district and concerto Kongmoon to pick up cargo and ntly Chairman of the Chung Dassengers and thence retart to

Shan Legislativo Council. A telo Shekki via Canton. The fares will

gram has been sent ta. Mr. Tong in Shanghai, persuading him to return had take up the new pcets. The

be, $12 from Kongmoon to Cähten, and $15 from Canton to Tong Kah Wan for each passenger."

ANNOUNCING

Soldiers and Sailors in uniform are admitted to the Public Enclo- sure at $1 per day, Including tax.

Bookmakers, Tic Tac men, &c., will not be permitted to operate within the precincts of the Hong Race Meeting. Kong Jockey Club during the

SERVANTS' PASSES.

Passes for Servants will be is- gned on application to Messrs. Linstead & Davis. Alexandra Buildings.

Employers are requested to dis- tribute them, with discrimination and to endorse their names on the passes.

Servants are not permitted in the Members' Enclosure except for passing through on their duties, but must remain in their employ- ers stands.

Any persona found loitering with Servants' Passes in their pos- session will forfeit the same and will be removed from the enclo-

By Order,

aure.

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary, Hong Kong, February, 11, 1931.

OIL PROSPECTING.

NO MONEY AVAILABLE IN AUSTRALIA.

Canberra, Yesterday. The Federal Government's do- 211,487,000. fleft for the last seven months is

New Delhi, Later. The Inauguration of New Delhi columns. a gift by the four great Dominions of the Empire, Lord

in which he expressed the deep Irwin made a large and distinguished gathering speech before a

Kratitude

Mr. Blakeley, the Minister for of India to the Home Dominions

Affairs, has announced columns would forever symbolise

for their generosity that in view of the financial strin and goodwill, and prayed that the

gency, no money will be available the unity of the Empire-Reutor. ter.

to subsidise oll prospecting-Reu-

THE GRAND OPENING OF

THE

CHINESE RESTAURANT

26, DES VOEUX ROAD, CENTRAL.

WEDNESDAY,

ON

February 11th, 1931, at 3 P.M.

Entirely different in the mode of decoration this new restaurant has a charm of its own, and the methods adopted by the management are the same as those which proved so popular at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1925.

The ceremonial Hall has been delicately adorned with exquisite em- broidered silks and the walls are ornamented by beautiful pictures by the masters.

The Restaurant is open at all hours for the convenience of its patrons. Wedding breakfasts and Birthday parties can be arranged on applica- tion and satisfaction certain.

Inspection of the restaurant is cordially extended to everyone.

THE CHINESE RESTAURANT

26, DES VOEUX ROAD, C.

LAM TIT SHANG, General Manager.

WHY NOT

A NEW PIANO?

A NEW PIANO GIVES TONE TO YOUR HOME.

ANDERSON PIANOS

SPECIALLY

CONSTRUCTED

FOR THE TROPICS.

ALL

FELTS STITCHED OR

PINNED.

Give us a call and we will advise you in selection.

The Anderson Music Co., Ltd.

HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION. INTERPORT PROGRAMME,

Saturday, February 21st,

H.K. CHINESE. Clab Ground, Kick off 3.30 p.m.

SHANGHAI

V.

Booking at Moutries, opens Friday, 13th.

Price :-

Covered Stand

Uncovered Stand

Monday,

SHANGHAI

$2.201

$1.10 including tax.

February 23rd.

Y. UNITED SERVICES. Club Ground, Kick of 3.30 p.m.

No Booking. Price:$1.10, 60 cts. & 40 cts. including tax.

G. FALCONER & CO., (HONG KONG) LTD. WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS DIAMOND MERCHANTS. Union Building (opposite G.P.O.)

Agents for :- ADMIRALTY CHARTS,

ROSS'S BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, ENGLISH SILVERWARE, direct from Manufacturers, High Class English Jewellery.

Cassis-Rouvière

THE OLDEST EXPORT TRADE MARK - DIJON

PHOTO

SUPPLIES.

PHOTOS TAKEN DAY AND NIGHT. Zeiss, Kodaks, Cameras, Films, Plates, and Papers, etc. Developing, Printing and Enlarging.

AT 24 HOURS SERVICE

Price Moderate.

A Trial Order is Solicited.

THE KWONG KWUI CO., LTD.

74, Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong. Tel. 22170.

IMITATED BY

Perfection

SCOTCH WHISKY

MANY.

PERFECTION

SCOTCH

EQUALLED BY NONE.

Also in oval bottles and flasks.

Sole Agenta:

GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD.

WINE MERCHANTS.

St. George's Building, Ice House Street.

WU SIU KUL General Supervisor.

¿Dial 20135.

Hong Kong

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