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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 2, 12 December 1911, Page 8

There is much that is quaint in the report just issued by the Colonial Office upon the recent taking of a census at Weihaiwei. The census office there returned the population at 147,177, of whom only 215 are Europeans. The somewhat puzzling remark is made that the European population has fallen from 522 to the figure given owing “chiefly to the disbandment of the Chinese Regiment.” Cen-sus-talcing .in China, it would appear, is a business complicated by Chinese customs. Thus the Chinese method of reckoning age is not the same as the European. A Chinese child at birth is said to be one year old, and after it has passed one New Year it is said to be two years old, so that if born in the last month of the year it may be said to lie two years of age before it is 30 days old, according to European reckoning. Difficulties are encountered in China, as elsewhere, in regard to the ages of females. Mr Cqrpmael tells of an old lady of Chintzu, known to be over a hundred, who insisted on the enumerator entering her age as 99. This was because it is a customary term of abuse to call a person a “hundred years’ old donkey” or “ten-toothed donkey.” It is stated to be a common thing for a Chinese mother to give a son the name of a girl, presumably to deceive the fates, it being a common saying that a girl is easier to rear. This, of course, is another source of trouble to the enumerator. The birth-rate in Weihaiwei is abnormally large, but the infant mortality is excessive. An examination of the table of “occupations” shows that the population includes three diviners, two exorcists, and 104 silkworm tenders. Rheumo is tho Great Remedy for Rheumatism. Rheumo comes as 'a l)oon and a blessing to those troubled with RHEUMATISM and kindred complaints. It cures effectually and permanently, for it eliminates the excess Uric Acid from the blood. Chemists and Stores everywhere, 2s 6d and 4s 6d* STUD NOTICES. rjlO STAND THIS SEAS )N. AT THE STABLES OF J. HUME, Butcher, Stratford. THE WELL-KNOWN PONY STALLION HAPPY JACK Fee 30s. Every care taken, but no responsibility. Apply P. COLLINS. Owner. mo STAND THE SEASON AT NGASRE, AND TRAVEL THE DISTRICTS. SURROUNDING ONABLY-BRED TROTTING STALLION, BARON I> SIRE—ROTHSCHILD. DAM—CALAIS. Terms—Three Guineas Season, payable on or before January Ist, 1912. An offer of £IOO was refused this season for one of “Baron D’s” gets. For further particulars, see cards, or owner, D. HYNDMAN, Ngaire. THE FASHI

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