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L. KADOORIE, Esq.,

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APPENDIX 5.

Port Works, Airport & Tunnels Dept., St. George's Bldg., (2nd floor).

Chairman-Building Reconstruction Advisory Committee.

CENSUS 1941.

Arising out of the questions raised at the last meeting of the Committee, the following figures have been extracted from the Report on Census of the Colony taken by A.R.P. Department on 13-15 March, 1941.

Nationality

Hong Kong Kowloon

Water

N.T.

Totals

American

139

257

396

British

5,542

2,440

7,982

Chinese

697,674

568,955

154,000

195,000*

1,615,000

European

663

2,272

2,935

Indian

3,342

4,037

7,379

Portuguese

765

2,157

2,922

Miscellaneous

1,169

925

2,094

Totals

709,294

581,043

154,000 195,000

1,640,000

:-Northern

* No count was made in the New Territories. Rough estimates were:-)

District 110,000, Southern District 85,000. The figures were believed, where counted, to be accurate within about 21%.

2. The total figures, by broad groups, in the urban areas of Hong Kong and Kowloon only, would thus be:-

Nationality

Hong Kong

Kowloon

Total

Chinese

697,674

568,955

1,266,629

European (incl. American)

6,344

4,969

11,313

Indian

3,342

4,037

7,379

Portuguese

765

2,157

2,922

Miscellaneous

1,169

925

2,094

Totals

709,294

581,043

1,290,337

The "Miscellaneous" group presumably included Japanese who will not now have to be catered for. The figures did not include any Service personnel.

(Signed) S. ERIK FABER,

W/Cdr.

S.O. I C.A. (Wks.) P.A.T. 31. 1. 46.