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# Table V.

## NUMBER OF ASSISTED EMIGRANTS.

Year. Examined. Passed. Un-willing. Rejected at S.C.A. Rejected by Doctor. Total Rejected Percentage of Rejection. 1937 7,750 1938 1,474 1,466 2 3 8 * 52 .54

* This number includes those who failed to appear for the final examination.

## Native districts of assisted emigrants passed.

West River East River North River Canton Delta Kwong Sai Southern Districts Total 45 196 85 37 54 810 239 1,466

## DESTINATION OF ASSISTED EMIGRANTS.

Whither bound. Male Assisted Emigrants. Dutch Indies :- 1937 1938 Muntok 5,979 862 Billiton 1,188 Gavutu 5 Ocean Island 16 95 Nauru 343 463 Mombasa 3 1 Sydney 2 Melbourne 22 37 Rabaul 6 3 Sandakan 1 Singapore Total... 7,564 1,466

## Classification of the assisted emigrants examined, according to the language spoken gives the following figures:-

Cantonese Hakka Total 832 634 1,466

# Table VI.

## Chinese boarding house licence returns under the Boarding House Ordinance No. 23 of 1917.

Class. No. in existence at beginning of 1938 No. in existence at end of 1938 I 1 1 II 73 63 IV 81 75 VII 2 2 Total 157 141