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The differences between Northern and Southern District do not stand out too clearly in the 1911 tables since the Southern District figures there include New Kowloon, and exclude the boat people. Nonetheless, Southern District has 16 2% of recorded males working on boats as against 9.3% in Northern District in 1911, and higher percentages in all categories of shopkeeper and artisan. The more urban and coastal character of the islands can be seen, if dimly. In 1921, however, there is an "Occupations" table specifically for the Southern District Floating Population "This is reorganised below, as Table 23. If this Table is read with the Southern District figures in Tables 19 and 20, a fuller picture of Southern District life can be had. The floating population table in the census, as for the land people, provides an occupation for 4,129 males as against a total recorded male population of 4,137, and so enters people under more than one occupation category, and must be read with care. the details of absolute numbers, therefore, cannot be relied upon Table 23 Occupations of the Floating Population, Southern District, 1921 Occupation Males Females Agricultural occupations 0.0% Fisher (wo)men 3174 76 9% Net weaving 0.0% 59.9% Rope making. 00% 38% Sailcloth (hemp) weaving 03% Seamstresses 22% Carpenters and allied trades y 0.2% Boatmen (see Table 24) 18.3% 287% Fishmongers 08% 0.7% Other shopkeepers 0.8% 0.1% Coolies, hawkers, general tabourers 16% 0 6% Religious occupations, fortune tellers 01% 01% Barbers, haudressers. 00% Cooks 01% 0.7% Domestic servants 11% Washerwomen 09% Teashop workers 0.1% Seamen/cooks on ocean-going 14% 09% vessels and steam launches" TOTAL 4129 100% 1496 100% Includes "coxswains"

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55 The differences between Northern and Southern District do not stand out too clearly in the 1911 tables since the Southern District figures there include New Kowloon, and exclude the boat people. Nonetheless, Southern District has 16 2% of recorded males working on boats as against 9.3% in Northern District in 1911, and higher percentages in all categories of shopkeeper and artisan. The more urban and coastal character of the islands can be seen, if dimly. In 1921, however, there is an "Occupations" table specifically for the Southern District Floating Population "This is reorganised below, as Table 23. If this Table is read with the Southern District figures in Tables 19 and 20, a fuller picture of Southern District life can be had. The floating population table in the census, as for the land people, provides an occupation for 4,129 males as against a total recorded male population of 4,137, and so enters people under more than one occupation category, and must be read with care. the details of absolute numbers, therefore, cannot be relied upon Table 23 Occupations of the Floating Population, Southern District, 1921 Occupation Males Females Agricultural occupations 2 0.0% Fisher (wo)men 3174 76 9% Net weaving 0.0% 896 59.9% Rope making. 2 00% 57 38% Sailcloth (hemp) weaving 4 03% Seamstresses 33 22% Carpenters and allied trades y 0.2% — Boatmen (see Table 24) 755 18.3% 430 287% Fishmongers 31 08% 11 0.7% Other shopkeepers 14 0.8% 0.1% Coolies, hawkers, general tabourers 68 16% 9 0 6% Religious occupations, fortune tellers 4 01% 01% Barbers, haudressers. 1 00% Cooks 5 01% 11 0.7% Domestic servants 16 11% Washerwomen 13 09% Teashop workers 4 0.1% Seamen/cooks on ocean-going 59 14% 14 09% vessels and steam launches" TOTAL 4129 100% 1496 100% 11 Includes "coxswains"

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55 The differences between Northern and Southern District do not stand out too clearly in the 1911 tables since the Southern District figures there include New Kowloon, and exclude the boat people. Nonetheless, Southern District has 16.2% of recorded males working on boats as against 9.3% in Northern District in 1911, and higher percentages in all categories of shopkeeper and artisan. The more urban and coastal character of the islands can be seen, if dimly. In 1921, however, there is an "Occupations" table specifically for the Southern District Floating Population. This is reorganised below, as Table 23. If this Table is read with the Southern District figures in Tables 19 and 20, a fuller picture of Southern District life can be had. The floating population table in the census, as for the land people, provides an occupation for 4,129 males as against a total recorded male population of 4,137, and so enters people under more than one occupation category, and must be read with care. The details of absolute numbers, therefore, cannot be relied upon. Table 23 Occupations of the Floating Population, Southern District, 1921 Occupation Males Females Agricultural occupations 2 0.0% Fisher(wo)men 3174 76.9% Net weaving 0 0.0% 896 59.9% Rope making 2 0.0% 57 3.8% Sailcloth (hemp) weaving 4 0.3% Seamstresses 33 2.2% Carpenters and allied trades 9 0.2% — Boatmen (see Table 24) 755 18.3% 430 28.7% Fishmongers 31 0.8% 11 0.7% Other shopkeepers 14 0.3% 1 0.1% Coolies, hawkers, general labourers 68 1.6% 9 0.6% Religious occupations, fortune tellers 4 0.1% 1 0.1% Barbers, hairdressers 1 0.0% Cooks 5 0.1% 11 0.7% Domestic servants 16 1.1% Washerwomen 13 0.9% Teashop workers 4 0.1% Seamen/cooks on ocean-going vessels and steam launches 59 1.4% 14 0.9% TOTAL 4129 100% 1496 100% 11 Includes "coxswains"

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55 The differences between Northern and Southern District do not stand out too clearly in the 1911 tables since the Southern District figures there include New Kowloon, and exclude the boat people. Nonetheless, Southern District has 16 2% of recorded males working on boats as against 9.3% in Northern District in 1911, and higher percentages in all categories of shopkeeper and artisan. The more urban and coastal character of the islands can be seen, if dimly. In 1921, however, there is an "Occupations" table specifically for the Southern District Floating Population "This is reorganised below, as Table 23. If this Table is read with the Southern District figures in Tables 19 and 20, a fuller picture of Southern District life can be had. The floating population table in the census, as for the land people, provides an occupation for 4,129 males as against a total recorded male population of 4,137, and so enters people under more than one occupation category, and must be read with care. the details of absolute numbers, therefore, cannot be relied upon Table 23 Occupations of the Floating Population, Southern District, 1921 Occupation Males Females Agricultural occupations 2 0.0% Fisher (wo)men 3174 76 9% Net weaving 0.0% 896 59.9% Rope making. 2 00% 57 38% Sailcloth (hemp) weaving 4 03% Seamstresses 33 22% Carpenters and allied trades y 0.2% — Boatmen (see Table 24) 755 18.3% 430 287% Fishmongers 31 08% 11 0.7% Other shopkeepers 14 0.8% 0.1% Coolies, hawkers, general tabourers 68 16% 9 0 6% Religious occupations, fortune tellers 4 01% 01% Barbers, haudressers. 1 00% Cooks 5 01% 11 0.7% Domestic servants 16 11% Washerwomen 13 09% Teashop workers 4 0.1% Seamen/cooks on ocean-going 59 14% 14 09% vessels and steam launches" TOTAL 4129 100% 1496 100% 11 Includes "coxswains"

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The differences between Northern and Southern District do not stand out too clearly in the 1911 tables since the Southern District figures there include New Kowloon, and exclude the boat people. Nonetheless, Southern District has 16 2% of recorded males working on boats as against 9.3% in Northern District in 1911, and higher percentages in all categories of shopkeeper and artisan. The more urban and coastal character of the islands can be seen, if dimly.

In 1921, however, there is an "Occupations" table specifically for the Southern District Floating Population "This is reorganised below, as Table 23. If this Table is read with the Southern District figures in Tables 19 and 20, a fuller picture of Southern District life can be had. The floating population table in the census, as for the land people, provides an occupation for 4,129 males as against a total recorded male population of 4,137, and so enters people under more than one occupation category, and must be read with care. the details of absolute numbers, therefore, cannot be relied upon

Table 23

Occupations of the Floating Population, Southern District, 1921

Occupation

Males

Females

Agricultural occupations

2

0.0%

Fisher (wo)men

3174 76 9%

Net weaving

0.0%

896

59.9%

Rope making.

2

00%

57

38%

Sailcloth (hemp) weaving

4

03%

Seamstresses

33

22%

Carpenters and allied trades

y

0.2%

—

Boatmen (see Table 24)

755

18.3%

430

287%

Fishmongers

31

08%

11

0.7%

Other shopkeepers

14

0.8%

0.1%

Coolies, hawkers, general tabourers

68

16%

9

0 6%

Religious occupations, fortune tellers

4

01%

Barbers, haudressers.

1

00%

Cooks

5

01%

11

0.7%

Domestic servants

16

11%

Washerwomen

13

09%

Teashop workers

4

0.1%

Seamen/cooks on ocean-going

59

14%

14

09%

vessels and steam launches"

TOTAL

4129 100%

1496 100%

11

Includes "coxswains"

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