Table V.—Continued.
Destinations of Assisted Emigrants.
Whither bound. Male Assisted Emigrants. 1925 1926 Straits Settlement and F.M.S. 141 750 British North Borneo 1,186 1,229 Dutch Indies: Banca 1,757 4,354 Billiton 2,756 2,457 Balikpapan Belawan Deli 4,028 5,194 British Solomon Island 13 11 India 67 47 Samoa 297 194 Ocean Island 471 192 Nauru Makatea 299 Solomon Islands 11 Tahiti 88 19 Sydney 28 Total 10,804 14,7831849 passengers' passes were issued for 1st and 2nd class Straits Settlements passengers during the year.
Classification of the Assisted Emigrants examined, according to the language spoken gives the following figures:-
1925 1926 Cantonese, Hakka 8,129 3,261 Hoklo 6,205 Southern Mandarin (mostly from Kwong Sai and Hunan) 232 Hainanese 1,660 Total 19,489