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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DEC. 7, 1906.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S Department.

No. 1022. The following preliminary Census Report is published.

7th December, 1906.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.

Preliminary Report on the Census taken on Tuesday, the 20th November, 1906:—

1.-NON-CHINESE POPULATION.

Place,

1906.

1901.

Increase.

Decrease,

Victoria,

7,738

6,862

876

Peak,

603

438

165

Hongkong Villages,.....

395

236

159

British Kowloon,..

2,245

895

1,350

Total,

10,981

8.431

2,550

2. CHINESE POPULATION (LAND).

Victoria,

..171,684 175,056

Peak,

1,715

1,786

3,372 71

Villages,

16,801

13,433

3,368

British Kowloon,.

51,801

42,976

8,825

Total,

.242,001 233,251

12,193

3,443

3. CHINESE POPULATION (FLOATING).

Harbour,

32,991 28,529

4,462

Aberdeen,

5,637

5,251

386

Shaukiwain,

6,248

5,439

809

Stanley,

706

881

175

Total,

45,582

40,100

5,657

175

Number of Boats enu-

merated,

6,846

5,836

1,010

The above figures are liable to correction.

There is an increase in the Non-Chinese population of over 800 persons in the City of Victoria, 165 in the Hill District, 160 in the villages, and 1,350 in Kowloon, the latter figure being an increase of about 150 per cent.

In the Chinese population there is a decrease of some 3,000 persons in the City of Victoria, and an increase of some 3,400 in the villages of Hongkong, and of nearly 9,000 in Tsim Sha Tsui, Yaumati and Hung Hom.

The floating population shows an increase of some Harbour limits and 1,000 in the villages of Hongkong. 6,846, compared with 5,836 in 1901.

5,500 persons, 4,500 within the The total number of boats, etc., is

P. P. J. WODEHOUSE, Census Officer.

5th December, 1900.

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