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(The New Territories (Amendment) Rules. (G.N.A. 22

of 1952).

(m) The slaughter-houses (Amendment) By-laws. (G.N.A.

51 of 1952).

(a) The Slaughter-houses By-laws-Suspension of By-law 29 in respect of the Ma Tau Kok Slaughter-house (G.N.A. 64 of 1952).

STATISTICS

Year

Estimated Population

1927

1928

1929

. ។.

-

***

740,300

』

บ

766,700

W

302,900

J

838,800

*+

ніт

540,473

!

E

900312

:

922,643

944,492

966,341

1996

ト

*++

J

1937

++

1938

་་་

1939

И

1940

1941

988,190

***

1,281,382

1,478,619

ние

1,750,256

*

1,821,893

WAR

иши

ARA

1,639,357

Population.

19. No official census has been taken since 1931. The population estimated in the mid-year by the Department of Statistics was 2,013,000. The figure mentioned above repre- sents a little more than a quarter of a million decrease over the year 1950.

20. Table 1 below gives the population figures from 1920 to 1961 excepting the period of the Japanese Occupation.

1930

1931

1932

1932

1934

1936

1920

1931

1922

1923

1924

1925

1920

---

+++

144

Year

LAM

:

TIT

+

A

Table I

10

1942-1945 (Aug.)

Estimated Population

1945 (Sept.)

1946

H

1

643,150

625,116

1947

+++

688,300

1948

667,900

1949

*

695,500

1950

725,100

1961

710,100

A

༞

Not available (Japanese Occupation)

Under 600,000

1,500,000-

1,600,000

+

1,750,000

1,800,000

+++

Ний

1,867,000

LI

2,265,000

2,013,000