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21. Class III, Second Class Hak U—These are small boarding houses for independent emigration mostly to and from the Straits Settlements and Java ports. No new houses of this class were opened during the year, and one (1) house was closed. The numbers of houses at the end of the year was twenty (20), with lawful accommodation for one thousand three hundred and thirty-eight (1,338) persons.
The above three classes of Boarding Houses are reported to have done fair business during the year.
22. Class IV, Boarding Houses for Assisted Emigrants. These houses are mainly used by assisted emigrants and their recruiters, who may not, while in this Colony, be lodged in any other place. During the year two (2) existing houses were closed and two (2) new ones opened. At the end of the year there were twelve (12) houses in existence, with lawful accommodation for one thousand one hundred and fifty-one (1,151) men as compared with twelve (12) houses accommodating nine hundred and thirty-six (936) men at the end of 1922.
During the year (2) licences for the transfer of names of licensees, for the removal of premises or for the addition of floors were issued to Boarding Houses of Classes II and IV, as compared with four (4) licences issued to houses of classes II, III, and IV in 1922.
23. Class V, Ku Li Kun (lodging houses for coolies).—396 licences were issued as against 421 in 1922; of these 385 were renewed at the end of the year as against 396 in 1922. 3 licences were issued for transfer of name of licensee or for removal of premises (in 1922 there was 1). No prosecution was instituted against houses of this class (in 1922 there were 5).
24. Class VI, Ku Kung Ngoi U (lodging houses for employees of firms).—251 licences were issued as against 253 in 1922; of these 197 were renewed at the end of the year as against 229 in 1922. 5 licences were issued for transfer of name of licensee or for removal of premises, as against 5 in 1922. 33 houses were closed as against 50 in 1922. No prosecution was instituted against houses of this class (in 1922 there was none).
25. Class VII, Hang Shun Kun (residential clubs for seamen).—116 licences were issued as against 113 in 1922; of these 110 were renewed at the end of the year as against 109 in 1922. 7 licences were issued for transfer of name of licensee or for removal of premises as against 9 in 1922. No prosecutions were instituted against houses of this class (in 1922 there were also none).