Ever since Hong Kong ago it became a British possession, it was inhabited by some 7000 Squatters and from 10000 to 12000 Chinese, Arending fishermen. According to the census, the population numbered in round numbers, amounting to 211,000, of whom 211,000, or more than nine-tenths, were Chinese. The Europeans and Americans numbered 8500.
Taking the Europeans and Americans in 1900, after speaking to Mr. Buxton, I would propose to insert the page marked "A" showing that the civil population numbered 4200, of whom 1450 were British; and taking only the adult males of the European and American civil population, they numbered 800 to 1700, of whom 800 were British.
Out of the total of 8500 Europeans and Americans, the resident civil population amounted only to 4200, with the British naval and military forces numbering 2900, and the remaining 1400 represented merchant seamen, police, and others.
Of the 4200 individuals who constituted the European and American civil population, 1450 only were returned as British, and of this number, not more than 800 were adult males, and therefore presumably not more than 800 would be entitled to vote.
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The census further analyses the European and American population as follows:
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was inhalived
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7000 Squatters and
to 12000 Chinese
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the
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to the census
numbered in round numbers, amoun
population
hulation number
whom 211,000,
I whom
or more than nine tenths,
were Chinese The Europeaur and Americans numbered
8500 and nationalities
Puropeans
and Chinese
Other than
Taking
Amaicans, 1900 A
and
After speaking to M Buxton
I would propove
to insert the page
of the Europeans and Americans alone marked A
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Numbered 42ov
whom
1450 wae British; and
talking transom the adult
and
males oily the European
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The members of the census
of the further analyses, as follows, the Propose and American population.
the
A
Out of the total of 8500, the resident civil population
amounted only to $4200.
and military
The British
naval forces numbered 2900, and the remaining 1400 represented
nted merchant
seamen police and others
O
Cammers of the 4200
Individuals who constituted
the European and American Civil population, 1450 only were returned as British,
this number not
more than 800 were adult Make) ayd
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