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struck off the list, of whom 2 were married, 15 were sent back to their relatives, and one, whose bond was forfeited to the Crown for breach of its conditions, returned to the Po Leung Kuk. The number of names on the list on 31st December, 1917, was 22 as compared with 26 on January 1st, 1917.
5. The number of persons reported by Hongkong residents to the Po Leung Kuk as missing during the year was 60 of whom 50 were found. These figures show a marked decrease compared with those for 1916: 144 and 75. The total number of persons reported missing, including reports from China and Macao, was 111 of whom 63 were found, as compared with 81 out of 175 in 1916.
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 16,709 (women 10,591, girls 1,352 and boys under sixteen 4,766) as compared with 24,378 in 1916. These figures show a great decrease in this type of emigration, for which the shipping shortage is mainly responsible. There are not enough ships to accommodate all the Chinese who wish to emigrate. A subsidiary cause is the decline in the exchange value of Straits currency; remitting money from the Straits to China is now unprofitable. Female emigration to the Dutch Indies (i.e., by direct steamer) shows a slight increase, while that to British North Borneo shows a very marked increase, probably owing to the steady development of that country.
7. The record of the occupations of women emigrants over sixteen shows that out of a total of 10,591, 3,931 were going to join relatives, 2,715 were going with husbands or other relatives, 628 gave their occupation as tailoresses, 450 as prostitutes, 471 as market gardeners or farmers, 940 as cooks, and 1,377 stated they were going to "do work", some as nurses or maid-servants, some on plantations, and others in tin mines, etc. There were also 2 teachers, 47 hair-dressers, 14 nuns, 9 doctors, and 7 travellers.
8. Forty or 23% of the total number of women and children emigrants were detained for enquiries as against 93 or 38% in 1916. Of these, 17 were allowed to proceed after enquiry; and of the remainder, who were kept temporarily in the Po Leung Kuk, 2 were restored to their relatives, 18 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 17 applications for the recovery of women who had emigrated. One application was found to be fraudulent; in
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struck off the list, of whom 2 were married, 15 were sent back to their relatives, and one, whose bond was forfeited to the Crown for breach of its conditions, returned to the Po Leung Kuk. The number of names on the list on 31st December, 1917, was 22 as compared with 26 on January 1st, 1917.
5. The number of persons reported by Hongkong residents to the Po Leung Kuk as missing during the year was 60 of whom 50 were found. These figures show a marked decrease compared with those for 1916: 144 and 75. The total number of persons reported missing, including reports from China and Macao, was 111 of whom 63 were found, as compared with 81 out of 175 in 1916.
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 16,709 (women 10,591, girls 1,352 and boys under sixteen 4,766) as compared with 24,378 in 1916. These figures show a great decrease in this type of emigration, for which the shipping shortage is mainly responsible. There are not enough ships to accommodate all the Chinese who wish to emigrate. A subsidiary cause is the decline in the exchange value of Straits currency; remitting money from the Straits to China is now unprofitable. Female emigration to the Dutch Indies (i.e., by direct steamer) shows a slight increase, while that to British North Borneo shows a very marked increase, probably owing to the steady development of that country.
7. The record of the occupations of women emigrants over sixteen shows that out of a total of 10,591, 3,931 were going to join relatives, 2,715 were going with husbands or other relatives, 628 gave their occupation as tailoresses, 450 as prostitutes, 471 as market gardeners or farmers, 940 as cooks, and 1,377 stated they were going to "do work", some as nurses or maid-servants, some on plantations, and others in tin mines, etc. There were also 2 teachers, 47 hair-dressers, 14 nuns, 9 doctors, and 7 travellers.
8. Forty or 23% of the total number of women and children emigrants were detained for enquiries as against 93 or 38% in 1916. Of these, 17 were allowed to proceed after enquiry; and of the remainder, who were kept temporarily in the Po Leung Kuk, 2 were restored to their relatives, 18 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 17 applications for the recovery of women who had emigrated. One application was found to be fraudulent; in
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