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20. Class II, Hak U-These are large boarding houses; which cater principally for independent emigration and interport passenger business. During the year three (3) new boarding houses of this class were opened. At the end of the year the houses numbered forty-two (42) all of which had renewed their licences. The lawful accommodation provided by these forty-two (42) houses is four thousand and thirty-two (4,032) persons as compared with five thousand and sixty-three (5,063) for forty-two (42) houses in 1924.
The above two classes of Boarding Houses reported that the business was bad during the year.
21. 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 three (3) new ones opened. At the end of the year there were eleven (11) houses in existence, with lawful accommodation for seven hundred and eighteen (718) men as compared with ten (10) houses accommodating four hundred and five (405) men at the end of 1924.
During the year two (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 I and II, as compared with one (1) licence issued to houses of class I in 1924.
22. Class 1. Ku Li Kun (lodging houses for coolies).-479 licences were issued as against 618 in 1924; of these 440 were renewed at the end of the year as against 532 in 1924. 9 licences were issued for transfer of name of licensee or for removal of premises as against 6 in 1924. No prosecution was instituted against houses of this class (in 1924 there were also none).
23. Class II, Ku Kung Ngoi U (lodging houses for employees of firms).-143 licences were issued as against 217 in 1924; of these 133 were renewed at the end of the year as against 196 in 1924. No licence was issued for transfer of name of licensee or for removal of premises, (in 1924 there were 5). No prosecution was instituted against houses of this class (in 1924 there were also none).
24. Class VII, Hang Shun Kun (residential clubs for seamen)-113 licences were issued as against 104 in 1924; of these 98 were renewed at the end of the year as against 102 in 1924. 5 licences were issued for transfer of name of licensee or for removal of premises as against 4 in 1924.