Total of 27,299 is 1,712 Less Than Last Year The population of Shanghai's "Little Tokyo" on October 1 Jamounted to 27,299, of whom 25,680 Jwere permanent residents, according the three local Japanese papers. The remaining persons included Jsengers aboard Japanese vessels port on the day the quinguennial national census was taken. The total represented a decrease of 1,712 since the census taken by the' Japanese Consular Police at the end of last year.
Of the total number, 25,001 hailed from Japan proper, 1,602 from Karen, snd 608 from Formosa, Men from JJapan numbered 13,192, from Korea 836, and from Formosa $82, The number of Korean women exceeded. the men by 20,
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