The total population of the Inter. national Settlement is now 1,007,868, according to the returns' of the census taken in the last week of October. There has, therefore, been an increase of 167,642 since 1925, Chinese residents number 971,397 and foreign 36,471, The respective figures for 1935 were 810,279 and 29,947, The Settlement now ranks next fo Glasgow among the great cities of the world with populations of 1,000,000 and over, and is 28rd on the list. 1 The Chinese total comprises 437,- 300 males, 280,709" females, and 253,888 children, Foreign males number 15,801, females 11,739, and children 8,981, Of the foreign population the only nationalities to show a decrease were American, Portuguese, and French. The Americana had 334 fewer than in 1925, the Portuguese 59, and the French 84,
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