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EMIGRATION,
Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, No. 30 of 1915. (i)—Emigration of Women and Children, (Free).
(Table IV).
6. The number of female and minor passengers examined and allowed to proceed abroad was 29,636 (women 19,591, girls 2,797 and boys 7,248) as compared with 15,082 in 1925, a remarkable increase of almost twice as many.
7. The record of the occupations of the female emigrants over 16 years of age shows that out of a total of 19,591, 6,329 were going to join relatives, 6,574 with relatives or husbands, 384 as tailoresses, 700 as prostitutes, 5,272 as maidservants or nurses, 0 as students and 266 to work on the land. There were also 13 actresses, 25 hairdressers and 19 nuns.
8. 15 women were detained for enquiries; none were detained in 1925.
9. Repatriation of Women and Girls:-
(a) From Singapore-130 prostitutes were sent back from Singapore of whom 127 were returned on the ground that they were too young to practise prostitution.
2 applications were received for the recovery of 2 women who had emigrated to Singapore and Penang. They were found and returned to their relatives.
(b) From Batavia-6 prostitutes were repatriated during the year.
(c) From Kuala Lumpur-3 girls taken into Kuala Lumpur for immoral purposes were returned at their own request and handed back to their relatives.
10. Prosecutions under the Women and Girls Protection Ordinance undertaken by this office number 9 with convictions in the case of 6 persons as compared with 7 cases and 5 convictions in 1925.
(ii)-Male Emigration, (Assisted).
(Table V).
11. The figures for the year show an increase in the number of assisted emigrants of over 40% on the number for 1925.
(a) Banca-The assisted emigration to Banca continued during the year. There was an increase of 160% over the numbers in 1925.