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Table V.

Number of Assisted Emigrants,

Rejected.

Year. Examined. Passed. Rejected Un-willing. Rejected at S.C.A. as unfit. Sent back by Doctor. Total rejected. Percentage of rejection. 1914, 12,272 8,278* 189 203 92 580 4.72 1915, 7,618 5,764* 47 69 74 190 2.49 1916, 25,357 17,665* 204 201 177 582 2.29

* Including Emigrants to Borneo.

Treatment of Rejected Emigrants for 1916.

Sent home through Tung Wa Hospital at expense of boarding houses, 395 Sent away without help, 18 Sent back to boarding houses out of the number rejected by doctor to be cured, 169 Total rejected, 582

Native Districts of Assisted Emigrants.

West River, 2,375 East River, 4,145 North River, 979 Canton, 1,496 Delta, 791 Kwong Sai, 4,428 Southern Districts 2,662 Mandarin, (Hunan and Kwong Sai), 789 Total, 17,665