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Table IV.

Number of Assisted Emigrants and of female passengers and boys examined and passed before the Registrar General under "The Chinese Emigration Ordinances 1889–1908” during the year 1908.

Whither Bound. Male Assisted Emigrants. WOMEN AND CHILDREN. Total. Women. Girls. Boys. Total. Batavia, 50 1,250 1,241 ANOBOONDOO 11 Billiton, *OOOONOHOCK 19 107 0 1 3 Callao, 46 46 18 54 0 Honolulu, 5 5 22 33 0 Japan, 11 13 3 9 0 Java, 7 7 0 7 0 43 Mauritius, 43 43 428 Muntok,. 443 11,803 8,241 903 1,932 11,077 Nanaima,. 0 0 1 1 0 i Salina Cruz, 203 203 61 64 San Francisco, 14,294 (1) 1,620 8,356 918 2,834 12,108 Straits Settlements, 11,090 1,105 3,376 15,571 Tacoma, Vancouver, Victoria, Total 1908.... 16,735 Total 1907,. 14,294

(1) Examination of assisted emigrants commenced on 1st November, 1907.

Table V.

Number of Assisted Emigrants.

Examined. Passed. Rejected. Total rejected. Percentage of rejection. Unwilling. R. G. O. as unfit. Rejected by doctor. Sent back from Singapore. 16,735 14,294 1,360 1,081 427 361 3,229 19.3

Treatment of Rejected Emigrants.

Sent home by Tung Wah Hospital, 1,889 Sent through the Hospital at expense of boarding houses, 795 Sent away, 508 Sent to contractor, 7 3,199

Recruiting Districts.

Canton, 5,523 Wuchow, 2,756 Hoihow, 1,968 Swatow, 1,070 Other places, 2,977 14,294