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Table V.—Continued.
Destinations of Assisted Emigrants.
Whither bound. Male Assisted Emigrants. 1928 1929 Straits Settlements and F.M.S., 185 British North Borneo, 613 147 Dutch Indies :- Banca, 5,425 Muntoh, 8,141 Samarinda, 441 Billiton, 2,895 2,564 Balikpapan, 466 Macassar, 63 Belawan Deli, 9,242 5,119 India, 5 Samoa, 478 Ocean Island, 230 250 Nauru, 297 243 Solomon Island, 22 Tahiti, 88 Sydney, 11 11 Kilindini, 4 Total, 19,952 16,9885042 passengers' passes were issued for 1st and 2nd class Straits Settlements passengers during the year.
1085 passengers' passes were issued to passengers proceeding to India and Burma during the year.
Classification of the Assisted Emigrants examined, according to the language spoken gives the following figures:-
Cantonese, 9,092 Hakka, 2,515 Hoklo, 4,993 Southern Mandarin (mostly from Kwong Sai and Hunan), 137 Hainanese, 251 Total, 16,988Table VI.
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 1929 2 68 16 299 213 98 No. in existence at end of 1929 2 67 16 308 290 941