CO129-578-5 Development of Whampoa Port 13-12-1938 - 11-5-1939 — Page 24

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larger (compared with the province) in early times,

and has not kept pace with it during the past century

or two. However, during the past decade the increase

in population has been marked, since the program of

public improvements has been under way. These studies

lead to the conclusion that reater Canton (including

hampoa) will have a population of 2,000,000 or more

within the next twenty five years or so. of this total

it ia to be expected that hapoa will eventually

aɛɛreɛate 760,000. This figure is independently checked

as follows: One man will eventually be employed for sach

foot or water frontage. From other considerations (which

will be explained in * few moments) this frontage is

fixed at 70,000 feet at an eventual probable maximNAN.

70,000 water front workers will correspond with 350,000

as a total for them and their families. It always requires

an equal population to serve auch primary workers. This

meane 700.000. Joze of these people will live outside of

hampoa. u the other hand there will be others (probably

less in number) who will live ia haipoa and travel to

Canton for business daily. Furthermore there will be

several thousand employed in the larɛe manufacturing

plants.

This will probably create 10,000. The families

of these workers and of those who serve thew will then

rexate 100.000 persona. The grand total is thus seen

may approach 800,000, a figure which checks satisfactorily

the one tasutioned a fer moments ago.

The Port is expected to grow to handle eventually

about one half as much ahip tomage as Shanghai or Hong

Kong. in other words to have 17,500,000 net tons of

vessel entrances and clearances. This figure applies to

the total tomage of Greater Canton. of this quantity

it is expected that 7,500,000 tons will be handled at

Canton