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Table 31.
LENGTH OF RESIDENCE IN THE COLONY-PERCENTAGES.
CHINESE RACE.
Non- Chinese Races.
Length
of
Hong Kong and
New Territories.
Afloat
Total Chinese
Non- Chinese
Residence
Kowloon
%
%
%
%
%
Over 75 Years
.04
.81
.36
.15
,06
51-75
.89
11.36
6.98
2.63
1.94
41-50
1.55
8.32
7.46
2.83
2.43
31-40
3.92
10.36
11.02
5.26
4.12
21
Over 30
6.40
30.85
25.82
10.87
8.55
26 30
4.36
6.62
7.69
4.89
4.00
Over 25
10.76
37.47
33.51
15.76
12.55
21-25
"
5.10
7.78
8.68
5.70
5.45
Over 20
15,86
45.20
42.19
21.46
18.00
16 20 Over 15
9.78
9.52
12.47
9.96
7.58
51
25.64
54.72
54.66
31.42
25.58
12.80
10.95
12.81
12.58
9.33
38.44
65.67
67.47
44.00
34.91
22.49
14.44
15.62
20.98
17,88
38.67
19.89
16.91
34.98
(47.21
.40
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The population of the New Territories and, in a somewhat lesser degree, that living afloat in small craft in the waters of the Colony, may be taken as typical of an indigenous population. The majority have been born in the Colony and their length of residence is, therefore, coincident with their age. About half or 45% have been resident in the Colony for over 20 years and the remaining half for shorter periods. In the case, however, of the urban population living in Hong Kong and Kowloon, only 38% have been over 10 years in the Colony, and less than 16% have been 20 years or more. Only 6.4% have been over 30 years in the Colony. The Chinese population living in Hong Kong and Kowloon is even more migratory than the non- Chinese races which show a proportion of 8.55% who have been resident over 30 years. It is a striking fact, however, that only 18% of the non-Chinese races have been resident for 20 years and a little less than 35% have been in the Colony for 10 years or more.
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