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Immigration.
1. Men
2. Boys under 16
4,804
3.
Women
8,765
4.
Girls under 16
1925. 1926.
75,304 100,482 8,598 14,949 2,749 4,632
TOTAL
91,622 128,601 181,100
1927. 1928. 1929.
139,180 145,953 139,915 12,687 12,678 13,457 22,089 22,683 24,681 7,144 6,533 7,337
185,390
187,847
Emigration.
1925.
1. Men
2. Boys
3. Women
4.
Girls
1926.
1928. 1929,
108,548 167,357 215,701 188,505 172,754 10,155 16,012 18,090 18,399 13,708 18,353 29,358 43,953 42,210 34,805
3,478 4,800 7,849 8,048
1927.
6,256
TOTAL
140,534
216.527 285,593 257,162 227,523
(b) Immigration. No such information is available.
Emigration:-(From records of the Chinese Secretariat).
Women and girls over 16,
1925.
1926.
1.
Going to find relatives ...
3,170
6,329
1927.
11,416 11,960
1928.
1929.
10,823
2.
Servants
2,422
5,272
8,719 5,861
5,356
3.
Needlewomen
301
384
873
586
409
4. Prostitutes
245
700
71
2
5. Gardeners
138
266
376
249
173
6.
Miscellaneous
22
62
61
102
73
7. Accompanying husband or
relation
3,201
6,574
24,986
12,440
8,610
TOTAL
9,499
19,587
46,502
31,200
25,444
TOTAL
Girls under 16.
1,570 2.797
7,027
5,814
5,063
These figures refer to female third class passengers on emigrant ships who are ex- amined at the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs in accordance with the Asiatic Emigra- tion Ordinance 1915. The details are taken from the passenger lists.
(c) (1) European. Total 21 (French 11, British 5, U.S.A. 3, Russian and Latvian 1 each). Of these 13 had been less than 1 year in the colony on Novem- ber 30th 1930. This total includes brothel keepers as well as inmates.
The ages of the latter are given as 22 to 34 years the average being 26.
(2) Chinese, (3) Japanese,
2,628
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(2) and (3). Figures taken from return made on January 1st 1930. Statements by Chinese prostitutes regarding their age or period of residence are entirely unreli able and no attempt has been made to co-ordinate information on these points. In the case of a registered prostitute the date on which she first entered a known brothel is on record. 99% of girls applying for permission to enter known brothels state that they are between 21 and 24 years of age, and that they have arrived in the colony only a few days previously.
6. Please give any details not already sent to the League concerning all cases during each of the last five years in which persons have
been discovered procuring, enticing Or leading away women, or children of either sex, for immoral purposes in order to gratify the passions of another person or attempting to commit these offences (Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention of 1910 and Article 3 of the Convention of 1921).
Please give the age and nationality of the offender and of the victim, the nature of the offence, and the action taken; and distinguish as far as possible between cases relating (a) wholly to your own country, and (b) partly or mainly to another country, specifying the country.
Ans. Details have already been sent to the League of cases in which investi- gation resulted in the conviction or deportation of an offender. Where it has not proved possible to take action against an offender, the evidence is usually incom- plete or untrustworthy. Records of a number of typical cases of this nature have been selected and can be shown to the Commission if they so desire.
7. (a) Please state in how many cases extradition procedure has been applied during each of the last five years to the offences mentioned in the preceding question, giving the names of the countries to which and from which offenders have been extradited,
(b) Mention whether during each of the last five years any new extradition treaties or arrangements have been made and whether any practical difficulties in extradition have arisen.
Ans. (a) None.
The
(b) The Chinese Extradition Amendment Ordinance No. 17 of 1927. principal object of this Ordinance is to enable extradition proceedings to be taken even though for political reasons the persons actually exercising authority in any province or part of China do not hold this position de jure.
last
8. Please give the number, age and nationality of the following classes of persons who have been repatriated to your country or deported therefrom during each of the five years:
(a) Women and children who have been victims
Detailed Question No. 6.
(b) Prostitutes not included in (a);
of
the offences specified in
(c) Men and women found or believed to be engaged in procuration or living on
the earnings of prostitution.
In each case, information should be given, if possible, of the circumstances under which the persons concerned have been repatriated or deported, the efforts made to assist the victims and the results achieved.
Ans. (a) and (b). The following figures are taken from the annual reports
1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Total
of the Committee of the Po Leung Kuk.
Girls repatriated from Singapore and
Bangkok
15
26
37 40 31 149
Girls sent to Charitable Institutions in
China
29
28
47 50 65 219
The nationality of all these women may be assumed to be Chinese and the average age to be between 15 and 19. The figures are incomplete as they do not include women repatriated by, e.g., the Singapore authorities and not sent to the Po Leung Kuk.
It is not possible to distinguish clearly between (a) and (b).
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