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A record has also been kept since February of the occupations to which boys who were given out to be apprentices, were destined. The principal headings were:--

Chandlers, Carpenters,
Farmers,
Hawkers,
Tailors,
Silversmiths,
Goldsmiths,

1,113
378
192
65
127
108
64

In all, 2,387 boys were entered as apprentices, but the list of headings shows that they cannot have been all apprentices in the usual meaning of the word. "Chandlers" is a term which in emigration returns had almost better be entered as "unspecified". 969 boys went as students. The return has been discontinued for the time, as the information obtained does not appear to justify the trouble of compiling it every year.

(ii)—Male Emigration.

(Table V.)

The number of assisted emigrants examined was 24,986 as against 18,511 in 1909. These numbers include the labourers going to British North Borneo, who are technically not assisted emigrants though treated as such. The number of those examined who declare their unwillingness to go, is now insignificant. In 1908 it was 8.1 per cent; in 1910, 0.7. This year, the native language of the emigrants is shown, not their place of origin.

Seventy-seven (77) assisted emigrants were returned from Singapore and elsewhere as medically unfit.

The demand for labour in the Malay Peninsula resulted in the formation of several labour agencies, but labour still continues to be recruited in the same way, and through the same Chinese agents, and emigration does not appear to have been stimulated much. The number of assisted emigrants passed in 1909 was 16,803; in 1910, 23,554, the number going to the Straits Settlements and Malay Peninsula being 18,177 in 1910 against 10,714 in 1909, to the Dutch Indies 3,577 against 5,923, and to Borneo 1,800 against 112. Emigration to Borneo has some unsatisfactory features, and enquiries are now being made in the hope that means may be found to remove them. An attempt to defraud some labourers of the advance they were entitled to under their contract, resulted in two boarding houses being closed and two well-known recruiting agents being refused permission to continue their business. The practice of giving the coolies an advance leads to constant trouble and I propose to try and put an end to it.

* There was an error in the figures given in the Report for 1909. These are the corrected figures.

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A record has also been kept since February of the occupations to which boys who were given out to be apprentices, were destined. The principal headings were:-- Chandlers, Carpenters, Farmers, Hawkers, Tailors, Silversmiths, Goldsmiths, 1,113 378 192 65 127 108 64 In all, 2,387 boys were entered as apprentices, but the list of headings shows that they cannot have been all apprentices in the usual meaning of the word. "Chandlers" is a term which in emigration returns had almost better be entered as "unspecified". 969 boys went as students. The return has been discontinued for the time, as the information obtained does not appear to justify the trouble of compiling it every year. (ii)—Male Emigration. (Table V.) The number of assisted emigrants examined was 24,986 as against 18,511 in 1909. These numbers include the labourers going to British North Borneo, who are technically not assisted emigrants though treated as such. The number of those examined who declare their unwillingness to go, is now insignificant. In 1908 it was 8.1 per cent; in 1910, 0.7. This year, the native language of the emigrants is shown, not their place of origin. Seventy-seven (77) assisted emigrants were returned from Singapore and elsewhere as medically unfit. The demand for labour in the Malay Peninsula resulted in the formation of several labour agencies, but labour still continues to be recruited in the same way, and through the same Chinese agents, and emigration does not appear to have been stimulated much. The number of assisted emigrants passed in 1909 was 16,803; in 1910, 23,554, the number going to the Straits Settlements and Malay Peninsula being 18,177 in 1910 against 10,714 in 1909, to the Dutch Indies 3,577 against 5,923, and to Borneo 1,800 against 112. Emigration to Borneo has some unsatisfactory features, and enquiries are now being made in the hope that means may be found to remove them. An attempt to defraud some labourers of the advance they were entitled to under their contract, resulted in two boarding houses being closed and two well-known recruiting agents being refused permission to continue their business. The practice of giving the coolies an advance leads to constant trouble and I propose to try and put an end to it. * There was an error in the figures given in the Report for 1909. These are the corrected figures.

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3 A record has also been kept since February of the upanons to which boys who were given out to be apprentices, were destine d. The principal headings were:-- Chandlers, Carpenters, - Farmers, Hawkers, Tailors, Silversmiths, Goldsmiths, - 1,113 378 192 65 127 108 64 In all, 2,387 boys were entered as apprentices, but the list of headings shews that they cannot have been all apprentices in the usual meaning of the word. "Chandlers" is a term which in emigration returns had almost better be entered as "unspecified". 969 boys went as students. The return has been discontinued for the time, as the information obtained does not appear to justify the trouble of compiling it every year. (ii)-Male Emigration. (Table V.) The number of assisted emigrants examined was 24,986 as against 18,511 in 1909. These numbers include the labourers going to British North Borneo, who are technically not assisted emigrants though treated as such. The number of those examined who declare their unwillingness to go, is now insignificant. In 1908 it was 8.1 per cent; in 1910, 07. This year, the native language of the emigrants is shewn, not their place of origin. Seventy-seven (77) assisted emigrants were returned from Sing- apore and elsewhere as medically unfit. The demand for labour in the Malay Peninsula resulted in the formation of several labour agencies, but labour still continues to be recruited in the same way, and through the same Chinese agents, and emigration does not appear to have been stimulated much. The number of assisted emigrants passed in 1909 was 16,803; in 1910, 23,554, the number going to the Straits Settlements and Malay Peninsula being 18,177 in 1910 against 10,714 in 1909,* to the Dutch Indies 3,577 against 5,923, and to Borneo 1,800 against 112. Em-- igration to Borneo has some unsatisfactory features, and enquiries are now being made in the hope that means may be found to remove them. An attempt to defraud some labourers of the advance they were entitled to under their contract, resulted in two boarding houses being closed and two well-known recruting agents being refused permission to continue their business. The practice of giving the coolies an advance leads to constant trouble and I propose to try and put an end to it. * There was an error in the figures given in the Report for 1909. These are the corrected figures.

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A record has also been kept since February of the upanons to which boys who were given out to be apprentices, were destine d. The principal headings were:--

Chandlers, Carpenters, -

Farmers,

Hawkers,

Tailors,

Silversmiths,

Goldsmiths,

- 1,113

378

192

127

108

In all, 2,387 boys were entered as apprentices, but the list of headings shews that they cannot have been all apprentices in the usual meaning of the word. "Chandlers" is a term which in emigration returns had almost better be entered as "unspecified". 969 boys went as students. The return has been discontinued for the time, as the information obtained does not appear to justify the trouble of compiling it every year.

(ii)-Male Emigration.

(Table V.)

The number of assisted emigrants examined was 24,986 as against 18,511 in 1909. These numbers include the labourers going to British North Borneo, who are technically not assisted emigrants though treated as such. The number of those examined who declare their unwillingness to go, is now insignificant. In 1908 it was 8.1 per cent; in 1910, 07. This year, the native language of the emigrants is shewn, not their place of origin.

Seventy-seven (77) assisted emigrants were returned from Sing- apore and elsewhere as medically unfit.

The demand for labour in the Malay Peninsula resulted in the formation of several labour agencies, but labour still continues to be recruited in the same way, and through the same Chinese agents, and emigration does not appear to have been stimulated much. The number of assisted emigrants passed in 1909 was 16,803; in 1910, 23,554, the number going to the Straits Settlements and Malay Peninsula being 18,177 in 1910 against 10,714 in 1909,* to the Dutch Indies 3,577 against 5,923, and to Borneo 1,800 against 112. Em-- igration to Borneo has some unsatisfactory features, and enquiries are now being made in the hope that means may be found to remove them. An attempt to defraud some labourers of the advance they were entitled to under their contract, resulted in two boarding houses being closed and two well-known recruting agents being refused permission to continue their business. The practice of giving the coolies an advance leads to constant trouble and I propose to try and put an end to it.

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