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There are, however, considerable vacant spaces in Kowloon; in some cases areas not yet reclaimed from the sea are included in the boundaries of the Health District. The actual density of the occupied areas is, therefore, considerably higher than is shown by these figures, and the density per floor is as high as in many districts in Hong Kong.

As is to be expected, Health District 12 (Yaumati) shows the highest density. Part of the area within this district is War Department property which is sparsely populated, and in Health District 13 a large part of the district comprises playing fields and cemeteries, while in Health District 14 there is also a large undeveloped area. These areas appear shaded on Map B, and to obtain a proper idea of the density of the population in the areas abutting on the Harbour of Refuge, it is necessary to exclude these thinly populated areas. When this is done, the density of the remaining areas is as follows :—

Health District 12.

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502.77 persons per acre 382.65

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and the average density over the whole area is 393.89 persons per acre. The average density over the whole of Old Kowloon, that is up to the old boundary, is 100.73 per acre.

(c) New Territories.

Table 9.

Europeans

Eurasians

Chinese

Local Portuguese

Indians

Japanese

Others

Totals Non-Chinese

Grand

Totals

British Races

Other European Races & U.S.A.

Totals

New Territories:--

North

South

Total

36,060 87,339 13,051 11,381

49,111

740

30

7

3

13

7

1

4

48,670

753

37

7

The population of the New Territories is almost entirely Chinese, the only non- Chinese present being mainly Police, and, in the Northern District, 748 troops in

camp.

(d) Afloat,

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2

205

62

3

2

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34

10

44

1

1

957

70

37,017 37,409

74,426

79

18

13,130 11,349 24,479

1

1,036

88 50,147 48,758

98,905

Table 10.

Europeans

Chinese

Eurasians

Local Portuguese

Indians

Japanese

Others

British Races

Other European Races & U.S.A.

Totals Non-Chinese

Grand

Totals

Totals

Afloat:-

Small Craft

36,790

Mercantile Marine

Navy

3,878 212

28,040 18

275

7

4,944

441 1

43

Total

40,880

28,053

5,219

442

43

2

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3

14

110

350

17

110

353

1

19

19

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9

15

36,805 28,040

64,845

64

2

1,286

71

5,164

84

5,248

4,945

5,157

5,157

73 i

2

6,246

71

47,126

28,124

75,250