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Table V,-Continued.

Destinations of Assisted Emigrants.

Whither bound.

Male Assisted Emigrants.

1926

1927

Straits Settlements and F.M.S., 750 637 British North Borneo, Dutch Indies :- 1,229 1,868 Banca, 4,354 6,852 Billiton, 2,457 3,512 Balikpapan, Belawan Deli, 5,194 8,125 British Solomon Island, 11 India, 47 Samoa, 194 Ocean Island, 192 401 Nauru, 580 Makafea, Solomon Islands, 19 65 Tihiti, 28 Sydney, 12 TOTAL ... 14,783 22,052

8142 passenger's passes were issued for 1st and 2nd class Straits Settlements passengers during the year.

Classification of the Assistant Emigrants examined, according to the language spoken gives the following figures:

Cantonese, 12,834 Hakka, 3,253 Hoklo, 7,576 Southern Mandarin (mostly from Kwong Sai and Hunan), 754 Hainanese, 1,849 TOTAL 26,266

Chinese Boarding House Licence Returns under Boarding House Ordinance No. 23 of 1919.

Class I II IV V VI VII No. in existence at beginning of 1927 3 48 No. in existence at end of 1927 11 293 200 104 3 57 14 268 155 99