AnnualReport-1917

Table IV.

Number of Female Passengers and Boys examined and passed before the Secretary for Chinese Affairs under "The Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915, during the year 1917.

Women and Children, 1917.

Whither Bound. Women and Children Women. Girls, Boys. Total. 1916. Burma1, Japan, 1 65 88 18 13 119 71 Straits Settlements, Malay Peninsula, 9,329 1,094 3,552 13,975 21,599 Dutch Indies, Borneo, Honolulu, Central America, 630 94 492 1,216 1,177 Canada, United States of America, Mexico, 357 103 168 628 280 30 7 29 66 115 9 10 20 12 31 31 125 44 14 308 366 510 7 11 18 17 South America, Mauritius, 23 3 32 58 62 16 14 30 190 Australia, India, Africa, Cuba, Fiji Islands, · 5 1 4 10 15 51 17 28 96 73 1 4 59 70 70 8 Total, 1917,... 10,591 1,352 4,766 16,709 Total, 1916,............. 15,664 2,013 6,701 24,378 24,378

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