Item number: M336

Year: AD 1935

Material: Silver

Size: 40.6 x 24.1 x 2.0 mm

Weight: 8.1 g

Provenance: The First President of The Hsinchu, Taiwan Philatelic Society Collection

This is a commemorative badge issued in the name of the “Fourth Census of Taiwan” to honour the census conducted in the year AD 1935 (Showa 10).

The badge is circular in shape and made of silver. The obverse of the badge features a soaring golden eagle set against a backdrop of radiant sunlight, with two lines of seal script inscriptions below it: the smaller text reads “Showa 10,” and the larger text states “Census.” The reverse side is inscribed with the words “Governor-General of Taiwan” in seal script. The top of the badge is connected to a clasp by a copper circular ring.

Although this census is referred to as the “Fourth Census of Taiwan,” it is important to note that Taiwan had already undergone two previous censuses under the name “Temporary Census of Taiwan” in AD 1905 and AD 1915. Therefore, the AD 1935 census is, in fact, the sixth census conducted during the Japanese colonial period. In AD 1920, the Governor-General’s Office officially commenced censuses under the title “National Census,” establishing a regular pattern of conducting large-scale population censuses every ten years and simplified censuses every five years.

Previous censuses during the Japanese colonial period:

The AD 1935 census was smaller in scale, and the results included foreign residents, people from the mainland (Japan), and Koreans, indicating a total population of 5,212,719 in Taiwan.

物件編號: M336

年代: 公元 1935 年

材質: 銀

尺寸: 40.6 x 24.1 x 2.0 mm

重量: 8.1 g

來源: 臺灣新竹第一屆集郵學會會長舊藏

這是為紀念昭和10年(公元1935年) 以「第四回臺灣國勢調查」名義發行的「昭和十年國勢調查記念章」。

獎章外觀為圓形，材質為銀。獎章正面是一隻以旭日光芒為背景的展翅金鵄，金鵄下方有兩行篆書銘文，分別是字體較小的「昭和十年」和較大的「國勢調查」字樣。背面則是以篆書鐫刻「臺灣總督府」字樣。獎章頂部以一個銅質圓環銜接迴紋針。

即便此次普查稱作「第四回臺灣國勢調查」，然而早在公元1905和1915年，臺灣已經先後兩次以「臨時臺灣戶口調查」名義展開相關普查。因此公元1935年此次普查，實則是日治時期的第六次普查。公元1920年，總督府正式以「國勢調查」之名展開普查後，臺灣按每十年進行一次大規模，每五年一場簡易規模的規律進行人口普查。

日治時期歷次人口普查:

公元1935年的普查規模較小，此次調查結果含外國人、內地(日本)人和朝鮮人在內，臺灣的總人口達到5,212,719人。