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(1) Chinese Race. The form issued to persons of Chinese Race, printed in Chinese, asked that birthplaces should be given hy the district for Kwangtung Pro- vince, by provinces for cliewhere in China, and by the country only for outside China. Several returns were mawe, however, of "China" only, some of "Kwangtung" and some of "Canton", where probably the reply was also Kwangtung. It is a pity that these mistakes were usually made by non-Chinese who, no doubt, with the best intentions, took the trouble to enter up particulars of their Chinese servants or other employees on an English form, which specified country of birth only. The numbers affected by the errors wewe, however, comparatively small and the figures for Canton City are probably only a ittle greater than is correct.

One enumerator reported that on first enquiring he found there were only two places where a child could be born; one was "in Hong Kong', the other was

"in the

country. received.

It was only after further questioning that a more explicit reply was

The following synopis of Table 24 gives the main features:

Born in Hong Kong & New Territories

Born on The Deta

Born in Eastern Kwangtung

270,478 32.93% 377,676 45.97%

=

648,154 = 78.90%

61,406

Born in Northers Kwangtung

21,976

Born in Western Kwangtung.

67,360

Born in South Western Kwangtung

5,821

156,563

534.239 = 65.04%

Born in Kwangting

Born in H.K., NF. & Kwangtung.

Born in Rest of 'hina

Born in H.K., NT. & China

Born elsewhere i. Asia

Born elsewhere

804,717 = 97.97%

15,160

817,877 = 99.56%

2,240

1,312

821,429

In the Delta the mai districts from which the population has been drawn are as follows:--

Sa Wui Trig Kwun

57.457

54,771

Na Hoi

Canton City

Pin U

Shn Tak

Hang Shan

Poon

51,774

47.467

40,800

40,341

34.848

20,566

Sai Shui

15,081

Similarly, in the other areas -

Eastern:

-Wi Chow

28,630

Cha Chau

11,873

Hc Luk Fung

7,849

Northern Chng Un

9,153

FaUni

7,251

Western --Sa: Ning

19,031

11,646

8,954

7,168

Hc Fing

Hc Shan

Shi Hing

Of those living in Hog Kong and Kowloon 21.5% were born in the Colony; of those afloat 75.1% and ofthose living in the New Territories 89.3% were born in Hong Kong or the New Teritories.

It is convenient to cosider here the cognate subject of Nationality as regards persons of Chinese race inthe Colony. The Nationalities claimed are given on Table 25.