APPENDIX IV
SPECIAL WELFARE SECTION
Women and Children Emigrants
During 1956/57 the following emigrant women and girls and children under the age of 12 were interviewed before sailing to ensure as far as possible that they were not the victims of traffickers or other undesirables. Authority for this work was derived from the Secre- tary for Chinese Affairs under the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance of 1915.
(i) Quarterly figures.
1st qtr.
2nd qtr.
3rd qtr.
4th qtr.
Total
No. of women
,,,, ་;
984
1.786
1,364
794
4.928
No. of girls under 12 (a)
No. of boys under 12 (a)
70
99
127
147
443
105
135
167
84
491
Total No. of Emigrants..
1,159
3,020
1,658
1,025
5,862
Total No. of Emigrant
ships sailing...
14
16
16
15
61
(ii) Destination figures.
1st qtr.
2nd qtr.
3rd qtr.
4th qtr.
Total
Destinatious
W
G
B
W
G
B
W
G
B
W
C
B
Singapore
8-18
47 77 (1,430 62 86 1,070 64
90
596
91 52 4,513
Indonesia
51
t-
11 33
7
6
91
25
35
102
28
12
411
North Borneo
27
2
41
8
CO
8
73
13
11
44
10
3
243
Australia
26
9
12
20
4
13
29
18
23
19
10
11
194
Malaya
25
AN
1
252
14 14
68
28
1
407
India.
2
10
4
5 33
LA
77
6
94
Total
984 70 105 1,786
99
135 1,364 127
167 794
147
84
5,862
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