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3,199. Eleven (11) duplicate licences were issued for removal of premises or transfer of names. The number of houses holding licences at the end of the year was: - Hotels 41, and Boarding Houses 35, -- no less than 23 boarding houses having closed or surrendered their licences during the year. The number of houses required is easily and quickly adjusted to the demand. Emigration at the beginning of the year was very brisk, but slackened very considerably in the later months.
In case of necessity emigrants can be examined on Government Holidays on payment of a fee.
Assisted emigrants this year have not been classified by the language spoken but by locality (Table V). The approximate figures of the language spoken can, however, be determined from that classification, as follows:
Cantonesc ... 17,000 Hakka ... 5,000 Mandarin ... 1,500 Hoklo ... 300 Hainam ... 700 ... 24,500REGULATION OF CHINESE.
Ordinance No. 3 of 1888.
(i.) - Registration of Householders.
One thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine (1,769) householders were registered; 73 of these being first registration. 6,897 changes in respect of tenants were registered. The law was again vigorously enforced during the year, and 29 persons, as against 15 in 1910, were charged with failure to notify changes of tenancy, (Table XXV.)
This office is asked to enquire into the validity of Chinese who offer themselves as sureties to other Government Departments, if they are in business in Victoria or Kowloon. The number of sureties reported on during the year was 846.
(ii.) District Watchmen.
(Table VI.)
The District Watchmen's Committee met 9 times, the average attendance of members being between 9 and 10. Mr. Chan Lok-chun was selected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Chan Chun-tsun in 1910. During the year Mr. Ho Fuk resigned and Mr. Tseung Sz-kai died, their places on the Committee being filled by Messrs. Ho Kom-tong and Wong Kam-fuk,
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3,199. Eleven (11) duplicate licences were issued for removal of premises or transfer of names. The number of houses holding licences at the end of the year was: -Hotels 41, and Boarding Houses 35,--no less than 23 boarding houses having closed or surren- dered their licences during the year. The number of houses required is easily and quickly adjusted to the demand. Emigration at the beginning of the year was very brisk, but slackened very considerably in the later months.
In case of necessity emigrants can be examined on Govern- ment Holidays on payment of a fee.
Assisted emigrants this year have not been classified by the language spoken but by locality (Table V). The approximate figures of. the language spoken can, however, be determined from that classification, as follows:
Cantonesc Hakka Mandarin Hoklo
+..
...
Hainam
..
17,000
...
5,000
1,500
300
700
24,500
REGULATION OF CHINESE.
Ordinance No. 3 of 1888.
(i.)-Registration of Householders.
One thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine (1,769) house- holders were registered; 73 of these being first registration. 6,897 changes in respect of tenants were registered. The law was again vigorously enforced during the year, and 29 persons, as against 15 in 1910, were charged with failure to notify changes of tenancy, (Table XXV.)
This office is asked to enquire into the validity of Chinese who offer themselves as sureties to other Government Departments, if they are in business in Victoria or Kowloon. The number of sure- ties reported on during the year was 846.
(ii.) District Watchmen.
(Table VI.)
The District Watchmen's Committee met 9 times, the average attendance of members being between 9 and 10. Mr. Chan Lok- chun was selected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Chan Chun-tsun in 1910. During the year Mr. Ho Fuk re- signed and Mr. Tseung Sz-kai died, their places on the Committee being filled by Messrs. Ho Kom-tong and Wong Kam-fuk,
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