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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1931.

CENSUS DAY.

HONGKONG'S ROLL CALL AT MIDNIGHT.

ly visible part of the vessel. In 1921 the craft, when counted, were marked with a white erőss: but this was too easily copied and those wishing to avoid the trouble of being counted had only to buy as "Follow the directions and all little white paint to be exempt will be wall."

from troublesome enquiries. Tho iabols now being used will not bo copied so easily."

This is the final injunction on the ove of the census by Mr. W. J.† Carrie, Superintendent of Census, who with a host of enumerators has been doing little else for the past weeks than proparing for the monster roll-call of the Colony's residents to take place at midnight|| to-night.

In roll official wording it is de- clared that "All people who are alive at midnight to-night must be included in the census retorna" but, declares Ms. Carrie, although the task of ing in a return should I simplicity itself, there are many difficulties, if previous returna can be taken as a guide, and to obriate these and other pitfalls peculiar to Hongkong. Mr. Carrie atter a few hints,

In

Mr. Carrie is being assisted by an

enumeratora. ariny of Hongkong there are 762, Kowloon is being attended to by 430 whila 300 are looking after the floating population. In addition there are many more, of which the exnet] number is unknown, working in the New Territories. So far they have distributed 135,000 Chinese numbered forms which make pro- vision for the collecting of 15 names, and 7.000 sheets for 10 more. Forma ir English circulated amount to 6,500 and 2,000 continuation forms.

continuation

Reports received fram the chief enumerators have in many cases

been most reassuring, showing that the enumerators have been doing their work quite well." said Mr. Carrie "Instances have агінеп,

however, of terrible stupidity, carelessness, and even of absence from the Colony of Rotse enumerators, and it har been an anxious and busy time

"There is still a little ambiguity on some points," he stated yester day. "A person on night duty usually has a home to return to on leaving duty. The fret that he hasps to be on verlaía promise at the "ero" hour of 1 midnight does not make it compulsory for him to be cinerated on these pre mises. He returns to his home the next morning and is entered there.absent enumerators, and general-

for those in charge of the office. to correct, these mistakes, replace

The worry

n the census,

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the

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far as the population fa concern- ed, erases at midnight to-night.

work The organization rensus office has been heavy date but to-morrow it will begin gain, but in a different way. In order to aBINAR the pile of In- formation enflected.

In the same way, if you happen ty watch their various activities." to be dancing at Repulse Bay Hotel or any other place that night, ori are spending the evening with frients, you may be absent from your home at 12 midnight, but even if you do not return to your own home until the early hours of The morning, ron still pass the night in your own home, or at least you enter it on Sunday morn- ing. and areordingly enter your name on the houeinald list, provid- ing you have not been enumerated

where."

Chinese Point.

SERIOUS MUTINY OF TROOPS.

A WHOLE DIVISION

DISAFFECTED.

Hankow, Mar.6. According to foreign reports, the Twelfth Division, 10,000 strong, commanded by General Lu Ling, has mutinied on the Peking- Hankow Railway, southward of

Another dilleulty which Mr. Carrie says still remains, arises in the case of certain Chinese house. holds A wealthy gentleman, he said, may have two or many more households of which he is the head, But he cannot be in all of them at The one time. Ho is probably at his chief house for the night and is entered there. Who then is the|Singyanchow. hend of the households in other of It appears that the division, his establishments where perhaps a combine may live with her children ? In many instances it is desired that the gentleman's name | should again be entered, with the result that he will have been count- several times. The procedure

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in these uses should be for the Cronenbine to be entered as heal. as she undoubtedly is in the ab gence of her husband,

"As usual, I have heard rumours of taqueeze on the part of en- beraters" said Mr. Carrie. "No mayntent of any kind should e tuale to them, and any requests for į *payment should be reported atļ ance to the Superintendent. Ode] map was dismissed when it was i found on a complaint being made, that he called and made 'n dis- turbance at 10 o'clock at night. But on the whole there have been very few complaints and the popu- lation have assisted in many ways.

The Census is being carried out |in the Now Territories, and while ditenties Juve arisen in some plaves (in one the enumerators. were chased out of the village) the work is pregreasing favourably. It has been impossible. however, to adhere fully in the New Terri- tories to the scheme of a prelimi nary census followed by a short. quick revision on the day after rensas night, as many of the pluces

which was being transferred to Wahan rom Singyangchow, oh Lained the impression that the troops were to be disbanded,

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