8. Mr. A. G. Clarke, Assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs, was deputed to assist the committee in its investigations, and to produce such documents as might be necessary to its deliberations.
9. The Report of the committee was presented to Government on the 6th September, 1935, and was published as Sessional Paper No. 8/1935.
10. There were also thirteen prosecutions and twenty-nine persons were convicted on charges connected with trafficking in minors (Ordinance 2 of 1865, Offences against the Person).
11. Under the Women and Girls Protection Ordinance, No. 4 of 1897, fifteen cases were brought and fourteen persons were convicted and two discharged. These were mostly cases of harbouring or procuring.
12. For a fuller report on the work of the Po Leung Kuk, see Annexe A of this report.
EMIGRATION,
(Ordinance 30 of 1915).
(Tables IV and V).
13. The number of Assisted Emigrants was 3,406, as compared with 1,565 in 1934. Although this number is comparatively small as compared with the 8,316 who went in 1930 it may be taken as an indication that the worst of the depression is now over in the South Seas and that the demand for Chinese labour is again on the increase. The majority of these Assisted Emigrants went to the Netherlands Indies, emigration to which countries was practically at a standstill in 1933.
14. The number of women and children emigrants was 35,216 as compared with 33,467 in 1934. Most of these women and children went to Malaya, indicating that Chinese returning to that country are sufficiently confident of the improved situation to take their wives and children with them.
CHINESE BOARDING HOUSES.
(Ordinance 23 of 1917).
(Table VI).
15. At the end of the year there were 549 Boarding Houses of all classes as against 552 at the end of 1934. Eight convictions were obtained under the Ordinance as compared with seven in 1934.
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8. Mr. A. G. Clarke, Assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs, was deputed to assist the committee in its investiga- tions, and to produce such documents as might be necessary to its deliberations.
9. The Report of the committee was presented to Government on the 6th September, 1935, and was published: as Sessional Paper No. 8/1935.
10. There were also thirteen prosecutions and twenty-nine persons were convicted on charges connected with trafficking in minors (Ordinance 2 of 1865, Offences against the Person).
11. Under the Women and Girls Protection Ordinance, No. 4 of 1897, fifteen cases were brought and fourteen persons were convicted and two discharged. These were mostly cases of harbouring or procuring.
12. For a fuller report on the work of the Po Leung Kuk, see Annexe A of this report.
EMIGRATION,
(Ordinance 30 of 1915).
(Tables IV and V).
13. The number of Assisted Emigrants was 3,406, as compared with 1,565 in 1934. Although this number is com- paratively small as compared with the 8,316 who went in 1930 it may be taken as an indication that the worst of the depression is now over in the South Seas and that the demand for Chinese labour is again on the increase. The majority of these Assisted Emigrants went to the Netherlands Indies. emigration to which countries was practically at a standstill in 1933.
14. The number of women and children emigrants was 35,216 as compared with 33,467 in 1934. Most of these women and children went to Malaya, indicating that Chinese returning to that country are sufficiently confident of the improved situation to take their wives and children with them.
CHINESE BOARDING HOUSES.
(Ordinance 23 of 1917).
(Table VI).
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15. At the end of the year there were 549 Boarding Houses of all classes as against 552 at the end of 1984. Eight convictions were obtained under the Ordinance as compared with seven in 1934.
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