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(v) Bath-houses.-No new bath-house was opened during the year.

(vi) Cemeteries.-(a) The following cemetery was opened during the year:

Chai Wan Cemetery Extension.

(b) No cemetery was closed during the year.

The number of burials (including cremations, etc.) during the year 1937 showed a large increase on all previous years. The following shows the numbers of burials during the ten years 1929 to 1938:--

1929 17,177. 1930 16,482. 1931 18,742. 1932 20,300. 1933 18,238. 1934 18,682. 1935 20,648. 1936 23,874. 1937 31,503. 1938 36,138.

The abnormally high figure for 1938 was due in the main to the serious small-pox epidemic in the early part of the year and to the large influx of refugees caused by the extension of the Sino-Japanese hostilities to Kwangtung and South China.

(vii) Premises Licensed or Admitted to Registration.-Table XIV shows the number of premises licensed or admitted to registration by the Urban Council.

(viii) Hawkers Licences.-The number of licences of each class issued or renewed up to 30th September, 1938, was as follows:

Hawkers (Stallholder's) Licences 1,340 (Steamship) 140 (Native Craft) 143 (Itinerant) 9,647 (Newspaper) 21 Total 11,722 452

(ix) Factories and Workshops. A new Factories and Workshops Ordinance, No. 18 of 1937, replacing the old ordinance, No. 27 of 1932, came into operation on January 1st, 1938. The Chairman, Urban Council replaced the Secretary for Chinese Affairs as Protector of Labour and the factory inspectorate was transferred from the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs to the Urban Council. The new ordinance gives to the Urban Council power to make by-laws in respect of industrial undertakings. A select committee of the Council, consisting of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Mr. L. C. F. Bellamy, Mr. W. N. Thomas Tam, Dr. S. N. Chau and the Chairman, was appointed to deal with applications for the registration of factories and workshops and other matters arising out of the administration of the ordinance. The by-laws in the schedule to the new ordinance prohibit the employment of any child under the age of fourteen years in any industrial undertaking and the employment of women and of young persons under the age of eighteen years between the hours of 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. No new by-laws were made during the year.

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M (1) 6 (v) Bath-houses.-No new bath-house was opened during the year. (vi) Cemeteries.-(a) The following cemetery was opened during the year: Chai Wan Cemetery Extension. (b) No cemetery was closed during the year. The number of burials (including cremations, etc.) during the year 1937 showed a large increase on all previous years. The following shows the numbers of burials during the ten years 1929 to 1938:-- 1929 17,177. 1930 16,482. 1931 18,742. 1932 20,300. 1933 18,238. 1934 18,682. 1935 20,648. 1936 23,874. 1937 31,503. 1938 36,138. The abnormally high figure for 1938 was due in the main to the serious small-pox epidemic in the early part of the year and to the large influx of refugees caused by the extension of the Sino-Japanese hostilities to Kwangtung and South China. (vii) Premises Licensed or Admitted to Registration.-Table XIV shows the number of premises licensed or admitted to registration by the Urban Council. (viii) Hawkers Licences.-The number of licences of each class issued or renewed up to 30th September, 1938, was as follows: Hawkers (Stallholder's) Licences 1,340 (Steamship) 140 (Native Craft) 143 (Itinerant) 9,647 (Newspaper) 21 Total 11,722 452 (ix) Factories and Workshops. A new Factories and Workshops Ordinance, No. 18 of 1937, replacing the old ordinance, No. 27 of 1932, came into operation on January 1st, 1938. The Chairman, Urban Council replaced the Secretary for Chinese Affairs as Protector of Labour and the factory inspectorate was transferred from the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs to the Urban Council. The new ordinance gives to the Urban Council power to make by-laws in respect of industrial undertakings. A select committee of the Council, consisting of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Mr. L. C. F. Bellamy, Mr. W. N. Thomas Tam, Dr. S. N. Chau and the Chairman, was appointed to deal with applications for the registration of factories and workshops and other matters arising out of the administration of the ordinance. The by-laws in the schedule to the new ordinance prohibit the employment of any child under the age of fourteen years in any industrial undertaking and the employment of women and of young persons under the age of eighteen years between the hours of 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. No new by-laws were made during the year.
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M (1) 6 (v) Bath-houses.-No new bath-house was opened during the year. (vi) Cemeteries.-(a) The following cemetery was opened during the year: Chai Wan Cemetery Extension. (b) No cemetery was closed during the year. The number of burials (including cremations, etc.) during the year 1937 showed a large increase on all previous years. The following shows the numbers of burials during the ten years 1929 to 1938 :-- 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 17,177. 16,482. 18,742. 20,300. 18,238. 18,682. 20,648. 23,874. 31,503. 36,138. The abnormally high figure for 1938 was due in the main to the serious small- pox epidemic in the early part of the year and to the large influx of refugees caused by the extension of the Sino-Japanese hostilities to Kwangtung and South China. (vii) Premises Licensed or Admitted to Registration.-Table XIV shows the number of premises licensed or admitted to registration by the Urban Council. (viii) Hawkers Licences.-The number of licences of each class issued or renewed up to 30th September, 1938, was as follows: Hawkers (Stallholder's) Licences J (Steamship) (Native Craft) (Itinerant) J י 1,340 140 · 143 9,647 (Newspaper) Total 21 452 11,722 (ix) Factories and Workshops. A new Factories and Workshops Ordinance, No. 18 of 1937, replacing the old ordinance, No. 27 of 1932, came into operation on January 1st, 1938. The Chairman, Urban Council replaced the Secretary for Chinese Affairs as Protector of Labour and the factory inspectorate was transferred from the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs to the Urban Council. The new ordinance gives to the Urban Council power to make by-laws in respect of industrial undertakings. A select committee of the Council, consisting of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Mr. L. C. F. Bellamy, Mr. W. N. Thomas Tam, Dr. S. N. Chau and the Chairman, was appointed to deal with applications for the registration of factories and workshops and other matters arising out of the administration of the ordinance. The by-laws in the schedule to the new ordinance prohibit the employment of any child under the age of fourteen years in any industrial undertaking and the employment of women and of young persons under the age of eighteen years between the hours of 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. No new by-laws were made during the year.
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M (1) 6

(v) Bath-houses.-No new bath-house was opened during the year.

(vi) Cemeteries.-(a) The following cemetery was opened during the year:

Chai Wan Cemetery Extension.

(b) No cemetery was closed during the year.

The number of burials (including cremations, etc.) during the year 1937 showed a large increase on all previous years. The following shows the numbers of burials during the ten years 1929 to 1938 :--

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

17,177.

16,482.

18,742.

20,300.

18,238.

18,682.

20,648.

23,874.

31,503.

36,138.

The abnormally high figure for 1938 was due in the main to the serious small- pox epidemic in the early part of the year and to the large influx of refugees caused by the extension of the Sino-Japanese hostilities to Kwangtung and South China.

(vii) Premises Licensed or Admitted to Registration.-Table XIV shows the number of premises licensed or admitted to registration by the Urban Council.

(viii) Hawkers Licences.-The number of licences of each class issued or renewed up to 30th September, 1938, was as follows:

Hawkers (Stallholder's) Licences

J

(Steamship) (Native Craft) (Itinerant)

J

י

1,340

140

· 143

9,647

(Newspaper)

Total

21

452

11,722

(ix) Factories and Workshops. A new Factories and Workshops Ordinance, No. 18 of 1937, replacing the old ordinance, No. 27 of 1932, came into operation on January 1st, 1938. The Chairman, Urban Council replaced the Secretary for Chinese Affairs as Protector of Labour and the factory inspectorate was transferred from the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs to the Urban Council. The new ordinance gives to the Urban Council power to make by-laws in respect of industrial undertakings. A select committee of the Council, consisting of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Mr. L. C. F. Bellamy, Mr. W. N. Thomas Tam, Dr. S. N. Chau and the Chairman, was appointed to deal with applications for the registration of factories and workshops and other matters arising out of the administration of the ordinance. The by-laws in the schedule to the new ordinance prohibit the employment of any child under the age of fourteen years in any industrial undertaking and the employment of women and of young persons under the age of eighteen years between the hours of 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. No new by-laws were made during the year.

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