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NOTICE,

EAST POINT GARAGE.

EWO STREET.

(ON TRAMWAY ROUTE TO CAUSEWAY BAY.)

THE HONGKONG

The Management beg to inform the Public that the above now and commodious Garage is now open for their inspection. Cars may be garaged in separate lock-up stalls @ $15,00 per month.

Repsirs of all kinds executed at reasonable rates with atisfaction guaranteed.

Telephone No. 1472

Suitable

Presents

XMAS AND NEW YEAR'S GIFTS

including

PERFIMES, HAIR BRUSHES, SAFETY RAZORA, VACUUM

FLASKS, eto, etc.

AT REASONABLE PRICES

COLONIAL DISPENSARY

Tel. 1877.

14, Queen's Road, Central,

W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.

ENGINEERS & SHIP- BUILDERS, HOK UN KOWLOON.

HARBOUR FEPAIRS

** L." Call Fist

Sole Agents lor

"KELVIN MOTORS." Motors from 12 B.H. to 50 B.H.P. now in stock ziso spare parts.

Works

Manager...

L

Tel. K.21.

.. K.633. K.369.

Secretary Harbour Engineers.. K.604.

Telegrame "SEYBOURNE.“

K.622

METALS

of all kinds, especially for ship building and engineering works. Complete stock, Immediate delivery.

Baat

terms.

SINGON & CO.,

(Established A. D. 1850)

HING LUNG ST. Phone 515

MEE CHEUNG.

HIGH CLASS PHOTOGRAPH.

OTHERS take ror photos, but by our 3 years experience we take yours in EXCELLENT CONDITION and NATURAL COMPI EXION instead of mère- ly clear and sharp.

Studio: Ice House Street.

Tol. 1877

MASSAGE HALL

13. FLOWER STREET, MRS. H. MORITA.

MRS, S. UZUNOGE- SETANCATEN MASIRU#2 PATIENT IMRANDEN TROL {?« Hous

A. TACK & CO.,

The Largest Photo-Supplies

in the Colony.

DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN.

26. DES VEUX ROAD.

CENTRAL

"For the Bloed is the "Life.”

Sufferers

from, Abersas. Clears.

Psies, Člandular. Swellings, Lama, Batis, Pimples and EriptoB4, Gost, Raumasaljem, must realise that the caly are way to style and Casting bel

Poze

mazzar, the ane teise af sycm TEOREMAN Classes Blood Matar portARA DENEGents which ACT prof

and wxpei the input UTER

lang duren vanh to's credit.

Plexant to take.

If all Chemist

Clarke's Blood Mixture

"Everybody's Blood Purifler-"

TELEGRAPH.

`HONGKONG CENSUS.

Interesting Facts and

Figures

The report on the census of the Calany for 1921 was, in reply to a question put by the Hon. H. E Pollock (who was not present), laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor, at yesterday's 'meeting. It states:

The decennial Census of the Civil populatiop of the Colony was taken in the Island of Hongkong and' Kowloon on the night of April: [24th, and in the New Territories between March 24th and April 24th, the Floating Population be ing enumerated between April· |23rd and 26th. The total popula-| tion was found to be 625,166, an increase of 163,427 or 86.87 per csat on the figures for 1911, the greatest relative increase ever re- corded for the Colony. The bulk of the increase has taken place in the City of Victoria and Kowloon.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1921.

number of small two-storied The population here largely relies houses. In 1911 this dis-for its livelihood on the Taikoo trict contained a number of Dockyard and Sugar Rednery, vacant tenements, while now which were fully employed ́A Is eggry house is full, and the large scheme of reclamation second most densely populat-now about to commence at North ed area is found here between Point, and before long the City of Anton Street and Wanchai} Victoria will und:ubtedly extend density is in an unbroken line from West Road, where the

dis- 1.410 per acre. This district Point to Lyeemoon Pass, L has become a popular place of tance of 10 miles. residence for clerks and

Aberdeen-The Aberdeen dis- othem on smail salaries, and trict has increased by 644; there the trafic between the busi-¦is considerable building activity| ness section of the City and here, especially on the reclama- Wanchai has greatly increas-tion recently completed. while ed. This traffic passes across across the harbour at Aplichau a

scheme the route taken by Europeans large

of reclamation the is in hand. This district de- to their residences on higher levels and has given pends largely on junk building an exaggerated impression of and the fishing industry which of the growth of the population.[recent years has not been This district will

pro- prosperous. foundly affected in the future Pokfulam.—The Pokfulam dis- by the large scheme for the trict, ie, that part of the South Reclamation of the Bay which Side of the Island extending from is about to begin.

Mount Davis to Aberdeen, has in- (8.) Upper Levels-The increase creased by 951; the population is

ba

very

in the Upper Levels is 7,185, largely dependent on the Dairy due largely to the replacement Farms, but an increasing number; of Europeans by wealthy of European style bouses Chinese; in houses where ten being erected in this district. years ago a European family

Kowloon Peninsula.

are

The Kowloon Peninsula shows an increase of 55.951 or 52.96 per of

BENGUET CONSOLIDATED

MINING CO.

CAPITAL STOCK

PESOS 700,000.

divided into 1,000,000 shares.

A sound, conservative enter- tech-

of four with four Chinese ser- vants resided, there are now found Chinese families often at least treble that num-district which in 1881 only aum- ber. Comparatively little building has been carried on in this section.

prise with an exceptional ceat, a phenomenal increase in a

The schedule adopted was sim-| pler than in 1911, questions as to language, religion and infirmities; being omitted. Proposed columns for "race" and "industry" were from the final draft, excised bance it was impossible to classify i the

non-Chinese cosmopolitan population except by nationality. thus Javanese, Malays and An- namites had to be included withe Europeans from their respective | countries. The majority of the schedules were collected and re- turned to the office within 10 days, and the preliminary report was ready by May 12th. The schedules as a whole were filled up careful- r, and fontained very few errors even in the pooret parts of the Colony.and thesemostly of a triding) nature. The column for occupa Hon was, however, in very many rakes filled up without sufficient}(4) Central District-The Cet- preciseness.

more

A room on the top floor of the Courts of Justice was used as the General Orice, and after experi- ment was found capable of accom-i modating 22 clerks and a supervi- ar, to which figure the original With staff paraged was reduced.

office ream

available the time required could have been re duced, but it is preferable and!

to employ more economiral smaller staff and take a longer time to complete the work, as it| requires some little while for the tabulating clerks to become pro- ficient.

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Distribution of the Population

The population of the Colony is composed of four distinct tions (a) that of New Territories. Northern District, which is purely agricultural, living in about 600) small villages and hamlets, only a few of which have a population exceeding 500, (b) that of the Newf Territories. Southern District, which is mainly dependent on fiab-| ing, the Ten Wan district partlyi depending on the cultivation of pineapples, fe) that of Hongkong || and the Kowloon Peninsula. At the ravitation of the Captain which chiedy depends on general actics of B. M. S. Carlisle commerce and shipbuilding, (d) the Murray Troop of Girl Guides that of the Floating Population! under she command of Ms Mvice on junks and small boats. Kirkpatrick, visited the ship seater which in Victoria Harbour de-! day afternoon and were entertained

GIRL GUIDES VISIT

**CARLISLE."

MEE FONG tea. After tes an inspection of pends on service rendered to ship-

HIGH CLASS PHOTOGRAPHER Old Supreme Court Building

Special Department for Develop-

ping Printing for Amateurs and

Enlarging & Framing.

CREEN ISLAND GEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.

PORTLAND CEMENT.

In Casks of 375 lbs. net.

Io Bacs of 250 lbs. net.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

General Managers.

Hongkong.

MARTIN'S

PIOL & STEEL

A PILLS

4 Franck Mamedy for all Irregularition. Tende of Ladjow niwaya kong a baz 02 Marta's Pilla is the Soum, so that De the Art vign of any Itroguinrisy af

wierd. Thow who use them re60m- mend them, bence khair esarMONA EKİN, A Chemvis and Biezen sell tha Shemaghout the World, or poel from $5+, KARWIN, Chemiet, Borshampton, Bag.

MARTIN'S

APIOL & STEEL

Der Ladies PILLS

the ship was made, the Guides ping, and in Cheungchor and being greatly interested icstrumente ac machinery. fre leaving each girl was presented with a soienir of the visit.

Tai-0 in the New Territories i the 2

Be-South, Shaukiwan and Aberdeen the Island of Hongkong, ca fishing.

THINKS BABY'S OWN

In the New Territories North the population is stationary: in the Southem district a large in- crease is shown for Cheungchow TABLETS SAVED HER and Taun Wan, Tsun Wan being

BABY'S LIFE.

1903 against 2932, Cheangchow Canadian mothers have known 5.037 against 3,904; the Island of and trusted Baby's Own Tablets Lantao shows a decrease from for years. Here is one such | 6,710 to 5,953. The population of mother's experience -

the whole of the New Territories

"I think I can thank Baby's comprises roughip one-seventh of Own Tablets for my baby's life. the total land population. He was badly constipated, buti

Of the remaining six-sevenths

After giving him the Tablets they the great majority are an urban relieved him almost at once. I population. massed round the also find them good when he is at shores of Hongkong Harbour, the all restless and I feel that I can majority at present residing on the not say too much in their favour,"

northern slope of the Island of writes Mrs. John N. Pringle,

Hongkong. Forest Falls, Ontario.

The City of Victoria, a term To mothers everywhere Baby's Own Tablets, the Canadian chil-hardly known to ordinary re- dren's remedy, are a real friend. sidents, and rarely heard or seen They gently regulate the bowels, except in maps and official re- population of make teething easy, are a specific ports, has now a

for, colic. diarrhoea, indigestion, 323,272, an increase of 41.88 per simple fever and words. Contain cent:-"

no opiates, are guaranteed ab(a) Eastern District. The solutely harmless for the youngest child. Of chemists, also post free,¦ 60 centa the vial, from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., 96, Sze- chuen Road, Shanghai.

Ühe real thourbi in chooriet your Xmas presents, What about & VICTROLA joy the Wils!

S. Mautrie & Co., Ltd. Sole Virker Distributor.

ez-

IL

bered 9,021 inhabitants:---

H1 District-The Hill Dis- trict shows an increase of 101 in the non-Chinese population ard 195 in the Chinese popu-| lation in spite of the fact that A large Boarding House was temporarily closed at the date! of the Census, and that the number of houses ready for occupation remained about the same in 1911. Since the Census a number houses.) have been built or projected.

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tral District e. from Pedder Street and Glenealy to the Tung Wan Hospital and Wing Lok Street, has increased by 31,157. No DZW sites have been opened up for building in this district, which has long been fully occupied, while along Des Voeux Road Centrali and the Praga many houses formerly used emigrant lodging hrases

family huse, have been turned into large department stores, which have all congregated here. The increase it there- fore in a district, which was adequately filled before, and where rebuilding often means a sacrifice of accommodation wing to the more stringent Building and Sanitary regula- "teas in force at the present

time.

at

nical staff, a modern plant and

a long life before it.

For many years it has been

the largest dividend payer on

the Manila share market; and

owns to-day the richest gold- mine in the Far East.

Agents

MOXON & TAYLOR, HONGKONG.

Kowloon Point,-That part of the Kowloon Peninsula south of King's Park shows an in- crease in the non-Chinese population of 1,048, chiedy owing to the migration of Por tuguese from Hongkong. A large number of European Hats have been recently erect. ed in the district. The Chinese population has in- creased by 4,642

Hunghom-The District of Husgbom has increased by 8.759; this is due chiefly to the fact that in 1911 work at the Kowloon Docks and Cement Works, on which the popula- tion chiefly relies, was excep- tionally slack. The Dock Co., and the Electric Light Co. haye erected new blocks of quarters for their stafs Tai Wan. but apart from this there has been little building in the district. There is plenty of land available for bailding purposes along the Kowloon City Road, but while the abominable and largely dost nuisance preventable caused by the Cement Works is allowed to continue, resid- ence in this district will be unpopular except for the lower classes of labour employed by the Cement Works and Dock Co., and the development of a large part of the Peninsula will be effectually prevented. the discussion of the Tsingtao-Tsinan railway question and ap- from the Tung Wah Hes() Yaumati-Yaumati ie the proached is understanding on several features of the question. pital to Pokfulam Read. only shows the small increase of 3.30. This district contains a old number of

two-storied houses of poor construction. whose service is nearly done, and which will have to be re- built very scon, when the num- ber of stories will doubtless be largely increased. *This district contains the densest populated area is that bound- ed by Third, Eastern and Western Streets and Dea Vœux Road West, the density being approximately 1,600 per

Sai Ying Pur-Sai Ying Pan,

acre.

West Point-West Point, Le. from Pokfulam Road to Jubi-: lee Road at the foot of Mount! Davis, has increased by 10.929: this increase is mostly between Pokfulam and Hill Roads where there has been considerable building activity.Į West of Hill Road however a large number of houses have been demolished to make room for palatial Chinese restaur- ants and farge godowns. In Victoriafuture expansion north of Kennedy, Caine and Bon- ham Roads is now impossible, all the available ground being already fully occupied. Bat in the Upper Levels before the next Census the substitution of blocks of Chinese flats for European style houses stand- ing in their own grounds will have rendered accommodation available there for large num- "bers of middle class Chinese, while the wealthier Chinese now in occupation may be ex pected to build themselves country homes on the south side of the Island, now render- ed accessible by good motor roads.

tern District, Le. from North Point to the Naval Yard, shows an increase of 33,215, Į being more than double the figure for 1911. This is due largely to the conversion of Some large godowns. Fen- wick's Engineering Yard and District Le, from North Point to the French Convent Into Lyeemoon, has increased by 6,442, streets of residential property, and much building was in pro-} also to the rebuilding of agress when the Census was taken.

Shankeiwan-The

Shankeiwan

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

TSINGTAO TSINAN RAILWAY.

Washington, Dec. 15.

A communique says that the Sino-Japanese delegates continued

FRENCH COLONIAL EXHIBITION.

Paris, Dec. 14.

district between the Indian Barracks and the Police Sta- tion, has increased by 8.914.

General Gourand, French High Commissioner in Syria, has arrived There were a very large nam-

in ber of houses

course of in Marseilles. He paid a protracted visit to the Colonial Exhibi- erection at the time of the top which will be opened next spring. All Eastern countries will Census, and I estimate that by be represented.-Harar.

EAST INDIES DEVELOPMENTS.

the beginning of next year ac- commodation will have been

Rotterdam, Dec. 15. provided for 16,000 additional

a ban in the persons in this district. The The Minister of the Colonies is negotiating reclamation in front of the United States for one hundred million dollars on behalf of the Police Station completed a East Indies. few years ago has not yet been built upon, and forms one of the few remaining vacant

areas in this district

INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK BRIGHTER.

Paris, Dec. 14.

Chinfy as a Fesult of the recent Franco-British omversations, (d.) Mongkok-Mongkok Le, the to be resumed in London by M. Briand shortly; the international

district extending from the outlook is much better-Hares.

Yaumati Police Stat..n to Mongkok Village, has increas-

activity has been apparent in

ed by 14,533. Great building

BUSINESS CRISIS ENDED.

Paris, Dec. 14. The French exchange is improving steadily. On the other recent years and sil available hand the business crisis seems ended, the volume of trade increas- land has now been occupied ing daily.-Haves.

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except in the immediate vicin ity of Mongkok Village itself. A large amount of swampy ground has been filled in and is now being built upon; there will be room however for ex tension between Mongkok and Yaumati Railway Station soon as the necessary work of filling in the low-lying ground has been taken in hand. (e.) Taikoktsul and Shamshuipo. -Taikoktsui and Shamshuipe have increased by 6,372 in spite of the fact that a large | number of matsheds and huts formerly occupied as dwell- ings at Sz Wo Tong and Cheung Sha Wan have been removed. The old village of Shamshaipo, composed of nar- row winding alleyways and one-storied stone bovels has been completely swept zway and in its place a modern suburb is rapidly rising with wide streets and three-storied houses, Land reclaimed from the sea at the date of} the Census a large number

come

houses were in coune of erec-i tion. The whole area is being laid out on a systematic plan drawn up some years ago, and| Shamshuipo bids fair to be- a popular residential and industrial district. Large schemes of reclamation are now well under way both at Cheung Sha Wan, Talkoktavi and Kowloon Tong. In the near future from the Kowloon" Ferry a thickly populated dis- trict will extend for 4 miles to Laichikok. In 1897 this portion ie, the Westera, side of the Peninsula, only contain- ed 11,500 inhabitants.

Kowloon City-For the pur- poses of the Census, Kowloon City has been included in the Kowloon Peninsula, though for certain purposes it is still considered a part of the Southerd District of the New Territories. An increase is shown:01-2,181, but this is party, accounted for by the presence of workmen engaged|

on the various works of im- in progress. provement now A large scheme for reclaim- ing the shallow part of the bay in front of the city has been under way for some years, and is still progressing though very slowly. A begin- ning has already been made with the erection. of modern houses on the réclamation; a broad road, is being construct-- ed to join Kowloon City to Yasmati and Mongkok, and it will not be long before the old Chinese houses, and narrOW lanes composing what is known to Europeans as the City, but to the inhabitants ze the lower: suburb, have been replaced by modern improve- ments. Such rapid progress is not however to be expected here ar

as on the Western side of the Peninsula which seems for some reason to be greatly, preferred by the Chinese population

(To be continued.)