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off the list, of whom 5 were married, 38 sent back to their relatives, and 3 returned to the Po Leung Kuk. The number of names on the list on 31st December, 1916, was 26 as compared with 70 on January 1st, 1916.
5. The number of persons reported by Hongkong residents to the Po Leung Kuk as missing during the year was 144 of whom 75 were found. These figures show a marked improvement compared with those for 1915: 121 and 21. The total number of persons reported missing, including reports from China and Macao, was 173 of whom 81 were found, as compared with 25 out of 212 in 1915.
EMIGRATION.
Asiatic Emigration Ordinance No. 30 of 1915. (i.)-EMIGRATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN, (FREE). (Table IV.)
6. The number of women and children passengers examined and allowed to proceed was 24,378 (women 15,664, girls 2,013, and boys under sixteen 6,701) as compared with 13,489 in 1915. These figures are only slightly below the pre-war level, for in 1913 the number was 26,080. The great increase compared with last year is due partly to the removal of the prohibition on deck passengers' immigration which was in force at Singapore in 1915, and partly to the disturbances in Kwangtung. The only decline is shown in the figures for Siam, the Netherlands Indies, and South America.
7. The record of the occupations of women emigrants over sixteen shows that out of a total of 15,664, 5,092 were going to join relatives, 3,830 were going with husbands or other relatives, 715 gave their occupation as tailoresses, 892 as prostitutes, 74 as market gardeners, and 5,048 stated they were going to "do work", some as maid-servants, some on plantations, and others in tin mines, etc. There were also 3 teachers, 5 hair-dressers, and 5 nuns.
8. Ninety-three or 38% of the total number of women and children emigrants were detained for enquiries as against 48 or 36% in 1915. Of these 82 were allowed to proceed after enquiry; and of the remainder, who were kept temporarily in the Po Leung Kuk, 1 was restored to her husband, 7 were sent to their native places, and 3 remained in the Po Leung Kuk at the end of the year, 2 of them awaiting marriage, and 1 being a case under consideration.
9. There were 8 applications for the recovery of women who had emigrated. One application was dropped; in three cases the 4 women missing returned and were restored to relatives; and in the remaining cases, of the 4 women missing, 2 could not be located and 2 refused to return. 21 women sent back from the Straits Settlements on suspicion, or returning of their own accord, were given assistance in proceeding to their homes. 14 women who had gone to the Straits Settlements to practise prostitution were
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off the list, of whom 5 were married, 38 sent back to their relatives, and 3 returned to the Po Leung Kuk. The number of names on the list on 31st December, 1916, was 26 as compared with 70 on January 1st, 1916.
5. The number of persons reported by Hongkong residents to the Po Leung Kuk as missing during the year was 144 of whom 75 were found. These figures show a marked improvement com- pared with those for 1915: 121 and 21. The total number of persons reported missing, including reports from China and Macao, was 173 of whom 81 were found, as compared with 25 out of 212
in 1915.
EMIGRATION.
Asiatic Emigration Ordinance No. 30 of 1915. (i.)-EMIGRATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN, (FREE). (Table IV.)
6. The number of women and children passengers examined and allowed to proceed was 24,378 (women 15,664, girls 2,013, and boys under sixteen 6,701) as compared with 13,489 in 1915. These figures are only slightly below the pre-war level, for in 1913 the number was 26,080. The great increase compared with last year is due partly to the removal of the probibition on deck passengers' immigration which was in force at Singapore in 1915, and partly to the disturbances in Kwangtung. The only decline is shown in the figures for Siam, the Netherlands Indies, and South America.
7. The record of the occupations of women emigrants over sixteen shows that out of a total of 15,664, 5,092 were going to join relatives, 3,830 were going with husbands or other relatives, 715 gave their occupation as tailoresses, 892 as prostitutes, 74 as market gardeners, and 5,048 stated they were going to "do work", some as maid-servants, some on plantations, and others in tin mines, etc. There were also 3 teachers, 5 hair-dressers, and 5 nuns.
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8. Ninety-three or 38% of the total number of women and chil- dren emigrants were detained for enquiries as against 48 or 36% in 1915. Of these 82 were allowed to proceed after enquiry; and of the remainder, who were kept temporarily in the Po Leung Kuk, 1 was restored to her husband, 7 were sent to their native places, and 3 remained in the Po Leung Kuk at the end of the year, 2 of them awaiting marriage, and I being a case under consideration.
9. There were 8 applications for the recovery of women who had emigrated. One application was dropped; in three cases the 4 women missing returned and were restored to relatives; and in the remaining cases, of the 4 women missing, 2 could not be located and 2 refused to return. 21 women sent back from the Straits Settlements on suspicion, or returning of their own accord, were given assistance in proceeding to their homes. 14 women who had gone to the Straits Settlements to practise prostitution were
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