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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1931.

HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE CENSUS IN HONG KONG.

INTERESTING SIDELIGHTS ON THE COLONY'S

EARLY HISTORY,

HOW THE POPULATION HAS INCREASED.

The taking of a Cengu, in Hong Kong, was in the early days of the Colony closely connected with the vexed quration of the registration of the inhabitants.

It is not clear, therefore, whether the figures given as the population

ly

A LONDON ROAD

HORSE RACE.

RIDER CHARGED WITH

CRUELTY..

HARD SURFACE GALLOPING,

Thu revent horse race between

Many comments could be made on these returns; samo are obvious. tinantes only; but they would perhaps be of little interest now. The 2,738 European and American "Fixed. Residents" in the 1870-71 return were composed of 800 British (324 men, 100 women, 102 boys and 93 girls), 1,367 Portuguese, 170 Germans, 133 Americans, eo Fronch and the remainder of 14 different nationalities. The total Europeans and Americans in the Colony at the teams representing the London of the Colony in these early days re-time (i.c. including the Military Sports and Golf Clubs and the consus and Naval establishments and the Equestrian Club, from Hyde Park presont the results of a enumeration taken on a fixed day polico) wae 5,831, the total Indians, Corner to the gates of Windsor Previous to the British occupa or whether they are not an estimate etc., 2,823, the total Chinese 118,444, Castle, hnd a sequel at Windsor tion of Hong Kong, the population dased on the registration figures making a total for the Colony of Police Court, when Tony Farming ham Blyth, of Adelaide Road, probably never exceeded a total for the year together with a separ- 124,198.

The report for the year 1870 re. Hampstead, one of the competitors, 2,000 people, ashore and afinat, but ate enumeration of the persons additional numbers were soon at-exempted from registration. Thus marks on an increase of the Euro-was fined £, or one month's im. tracted to the new Colony by the the population in 1817 is given as pean and American Community of prisonment, with £10 10s, costs,, for high wages obtainable. Many of 23,872, and in 1848, as reduced to 247,"almost solely attributable to unlawfully and cruelly ill-treating, a these now-comers were worthy 21,614. In commenting on this, the the number of Portuguese who have horse. labourers and artizans but they also Governor (Sir John Davis) nt-made Hong Kong their residence included a considerable number of tributed the decrease not to the since the partial destruction of the scum of the population of the alleged decay of local commerce but Maco by typhoon and Fire in

to & more careful registration 18747" neighbouring mainland."

The Gartite of May 28, 1841 pab."which, while giving a truer ne

that It also mentions Yaumati in Kowloon has become

months."

Mr. Gordon Jones prosecuted on

behalf of the R.S.P.C.A., and Mr. A, C. Prothero appeared for Blyth. Mr. Gordon. Jones said that in fairness to, Blyth he would say that

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figures of the population of Hong lieved the Colony from those who Kong. No mention ja made of non-hung looas on it and only applied Chinese but the Chinese residents for registration tickets to make a are given as'numbering 5,050 combad uso of them.” posed of 2,330, villagers and fisher- men, 800 Chinese living in tho Baznar, 2,000 on craft of various kinds in the harbour and 300 "labourers from Kowkon." The

Efects of Taiping Rebellion. The Taiping Rebellion had by this time broken out in China and Hong Kong began to reap the harvest which has invariably fallen

More Recent Years.

The 1881 census seems fromí a per- sual of the report, and it has been taken by others commenting on Hong Kong census, to have been the first "regular eensus. It was taken on the night of April 3, 1881, and disclosed a population, exelu.

them of the race and inviting the society to have a representative in

the official car.

Inspector Keazil said that he fol- towed the competitors along the Staines extension of the Grent West Rond. Blyth was riding on the turf at the side of the road.

He galloped, only easing up.

DEAD MAN'S TALKIE OF HIS OWN WILL,

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his own will to the beneficiaries just after he has been cremated.

An elderly retired Birmingham THE manufacturer has had a talking pic- ture made of himself reading his own will, and this is to be "pre seated to an audience of selected friends and relatives who benefit under it, and others who think they should, immediately cremation.

after the

Not only have the guests been selected, but the order of their seats in front of the screen has been arranged. This is so that the dead man can turn and speak to

ON

SATURDAY, FEB. 7, 1931,

COMMENCING AT

is O'CLOCK NOON

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DUDDELL STREET,

each one individually as he would ONE REMINGTON do if he were addressing them in

reality.

"Impartial" Speech. "Now that I am dead," he be gins, "I claim the right to speak to you impartially,"

He points out the faults and vir tues of each one in turn, and ex- presses appreciation or otherwise of their characters as he knew them.

"And now, my dear nieces, nep-

population of Kowloon Point, its lot whenever the adjoining Laive of Military, Naval, Mercan. Where other roads ran into the hews, and friends," he concludes,

which was not included in these figures, was stated to Chinose,

+

1,000 women and children,

tile Marine, and Police of 132,858 persons. Including these, the total was 160,402,,

main road. He galloped on the hard rond for just over two miles, when he reached the Staines road,

agrin.

"I will bore you no longer, Those of you who are disgruntled will already have decided to test the

and shortly before he reached validity of making a will in this Staines a woman come and gave manner. him a drink, and he galloped off "To save unpleasant lawsuits, my solicitor will now road to you Later he went into a hard gallopa will in similar terms, which you and beat the horse continually with will find is drawn up, testißed, and his crop. A cinema van was film-witnessed in the correct legal man- been affected in any way by thoing the race at this point. He ner."

He thon hids them good-bye, sanitary measures occasioned by shouted to Blyth to stop beating

bows, and is flashed off the screen.. the plague of 1894; the census of the horse because it was done up.

1001 included for the first time the now Territorios which at that time had a population of 102,284 per. suns of whom 17,243 lived south of the Kowloon Hango of hills; the consus of 1906 was also a partial one only and did not include the

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Blyth made no reply, only way- ing his hunting crop. He walkeil his horee along the road for a short distance, having covered the five furlongs over the Meads. He gal- loped his horse again, along the Old Windsor Rond, but his pace FEBRUARY 8, 1931, Sexagesima Sun AUSTIN 7" SALOON (Mətai),

new Territories north of the hille,had dropped boing only ten to There does not ecem to have been fifteen miles an hour, any particular ronson census; the intention may have

for this

districts of Kwangtung province 800 a16 in a disturbed state, A food of omigration set in towards. Hong By March 1842 the population Kong (and Macho); some remained The report of the census of 1891, was estimated to have grown to but many also passed on to the taken on May 20, shows consider aver 15,000 people of which 12,300 Straits Settlements, to California ably greater detail on that occa wero Chinese. Though little busi-and to the West Indies. Thesion; the intermediate census of nesa was being done in the new population increased rapidly and 1997 was a partial one only taken Colony the Chinese population con- Chinese capital, sevking a safe with the special object, of discover- tinued to increase and reached in rofuge from the clutches of the ing whether the population had April 1844 a total of 10,000 which narauders, commenced to flex into now included a sprinkling of some the Colony for investment. Even

the proportion of males to females j Life was, however, insecure in the now commenced to improve as the young Colony and the Government disturbance, drove whole families decided that some means must, bo to seek refuge in Hong Kong. In devised for regulating the Chinese 1848 the population was about population and checking the influx 21,500, in 1849 it rose to 20,500 and to Hong Kong of undesirable by the year 1833 it numbered 30,000, shments from the neighbouring. In 1848 one-fifth only were females dinland. The Government also but in 1853 the proportion had iu desired to avoid any appearance of creased to one-third. promoting class legislation so a bill The disturbance continued for was passed by the Legislative Coun some time and the population in- cil to establish a registry of all creased rapidly: Referring to the the inhabitants of Hong Kong year 1830 the Governor stated that without distinction of nationality a better class of Chinese people had or status. Neither the European now commenced to settle in Hong uur the Chinese mercantile com- Kong.

In 1838 the population had in-been the worthy one of having in munity were apparently consulted in the matter and there was croneed to 75,503, in 1860 it was future intercensal periods of the horse into a trot again on

turally great indigation. The about 93,000 and the cession of

years only in place of ten; if that entering the town, and when turn British residents felt that their Kowloon in 1861 brought the

were so, the advent of the war noing by the Queen Victoria Statue personal self-respect, their national population up to 119,321. honour and the liberty of the sub- After that year, however, the doubt suppressed the idea in 1910. the horse almost fell. Blyth dis- jeet had been trampled underfoot; population increased more slowly The suggestion for a census in 1928 mounted when nearing the winning. the Chinese made preparations to and in 1871 it stood at 124,199.

was considered but not proceeded

post and walked the last few yarda. esert Hong Kong ta mac and, Government Notification No. 08 of some 3,000 actually left. The pro- May 6, 1871 gives the census returns with. visions of the Bill were speedily of the population of the Colony

Going back, however, to 1911, we an for 1870-71 and the date given as find that the census was then on a Busponded and eventually amonded Registration Ordinance, the date of the enumeration is (No. 16 of 1814) was substituted April 2, 1871. It seems probable, much more ambitious scale than for it. This Ordinance applied the however, that these figures repreever before; full particulars were principle of registration only to rent something of a yearly average obtained not only for Hong Kong the poorest classes and exempted A further census was taken "on from registration all Civil, Mi- the night of December 1" 1872, and Kowloon but also for the tary and Naval employees, all men again on the night of December 4, inhabitants of the New Torritories bers of the learned professions, 1870, and then we come to the re-and the floating population. This house gular coneuses taken in 1881, 1891, was carried on in 1921 and the merchants, shopkeepers, holders, tenants of Crown property 1001, 1911, and 11 with inter schedule for 1931 has again been and person, having an Income of aediate and partial censuses taken slightly increased and will be $600 a year. The Ordinance came for special purposes in 1807 and inapplied to all sections of the into force on January 1, 1943 and 1906. worked so smoothly that on Decent The report for the years 1870-71 ber 31, 1846, it was possible in in the first printed census report modify it (No. 7 of 1948) so as to that, the writer has been able to provide for a periodical census of discover and from it the following the whole population.

tablo is taken:-

Census of Hong Kong from 1858 to 1969 to 1970 exclusive of Military, Naval and Police Establishments. (Previous to 1870-71 the Police were included).

1600 · 1808 1858

1800 1804

1809-00 1970-71 Persons Persons Persons Persons Persons Persons Persons American and

2,113 2,389 2,730 1,502 Europeans

1,001 1,063 1,10

Goa, Manila,

Indian and others of enix-

ed blood

500

764

1,208

1,488

1,231

097

1,339

Alions, chiefly

scamen

and

temporary re

sidents. Chinese in the employ of

2018 Europeans

100

200 130

3,910 4,8PT

Victoria 49,700 52.916

€,239

€,730. 7,617 6,659

63,380 67,743 65,606 72,959. 72,094

5,286.12.2017 11,830 9,618 11,104 10,507

Chinese, residing

Chinese residing.

In Villages... 4,794,

Chinopo bont

population in

Victoria har

bour16,277 17,417 21,336 20,001 13,853 14,033 12,300

Chinese boat

population

0,303 8,343 13.009 8,400 11,400

2.000 2.000

$4.00

1

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$8.00

other than in

Victoria har.

TWELVE MONTHA

.816.00

bour............ 5.04811,142

Immigranta"

11, Ice House Street,

Street coolie's

5,000

621 705 718 478

75,503 94,017: 193,511 121,498 115,098 117,295. 110,477

479-

population.

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STEAMER COMPANY'S PRO POSALS TO ATTRACT TOURISTS.

Tokyo, January 30-In view of the dreided decrease in the number of foreign tourists to this country, steamship companies and hotel own-

Fifteen Miles an Hour. Ile walked the horse for a little Ho urged approaching Windsor.

Blyth had averaged fifteen miles an hour in the Inst thirteen miles of the race.

Insp. Jones, of the R.S.P.C.A., said that he had been to many horse race meetings, but he had never seen a horso so exhausted as this one.

Mr. Aubrey E, Ward, a Slough veterinary surgeon said that the grey mare he had examined was Iname in the near fare, leg, due to shoulder strain. Galloping over main roads for such a distance was erucl.

Blyth said in evidence that when he reached Runnymede he used his whip for effect to play to the cinema. It was only a toy whip used by women. He gave his horse several rests on the journey.j

Mr. Jones: Must I address you Francis Harland Edgecombe,

ers are considering effective men- the Hon, Francis Harland Edge- sures to attract foreign touristscombe, or Viscount Duprey from the United States and other Blyth said that he had been countries during this spring and

known as Mr. Blyth for several

Summer.

The N.Y.K. now negotiating years past. with the Railway Minister, the

Japan Hotel Association and for.

cign steamship companite with a

Denials.

Why did you give a false name to

view to making a drastic redus the society's inspectors Blyth is tion in passenger charges on the the name I am known under, and American and China ines during the months of June, July, August I never gave the matter a though. and September. The Company is Are you a British subject, and if also negotiating with various cir. cles concerned for the purpose of 0, in what name were you regis reducing passenger charges on the tered at birth I am a British European line from 1,000 yen of subject, and my real name is Fran- the first class between London and cis Edgecombe. I have written Yokohama to something like 700 newspaper articles under the name yen similar to the trans-Siberian of Duprey, N railway charged..

Blyth denied that he galloped on Efforts are also being made to the road, but agreed he galloped attract foreign tourists from China or the grass at the side of the rond: *16 Arbatesine monopin in He denied that the horso was èx. Kyushu. For this vervoer Branch Tanaka, of the Bureau of Inter- national Tourists Service, is going shortly to Shanghai to make first hand inspection und necessary propaganda.

Mr. Lesnard Sparrow, a retired mounted policeman said that he followed the race in a car, and he did not think that Blyth galloped his horse at pl

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