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Table III a.

Number of female passengers and boys examined and passed before the Registrar General under "The Chinese Emigration Ordinance, 1889," during the year 1907.

Women

Whither Bound,

Boys.

and Girls.

Total.

Callao,

58

61

Honolulu,

11

14

Japan,

1

4

Seattle,

1

1

Mauritius,

46

30

76

Tacoma.

3

3

Salina Cruz,

80

80

San Francisco, U.S.A.

200

30

230

Straits Settlements,

2,761

12,122

14,883

Vancouver, B.C.,

164

164

Victoria, B.C.,

50

53

Iquique,.

2

Total,....

3,376 12,195

15,571

Table III b.

Occupations of Female Emigrants in the year 1907.

16 YEARS AND OVER.

With husband or other relative,

To join husband or other relative, Actress,

Farmer or Farm-labourer,

Hairdresser,

Nun,

Physiognomist,

Prostitute,

Schoolmistress,

Seamstress..

Servant,

Student,

2,468

3,588

25

14

14

1

822

1

616

3,533

1

Total,.....

11,091

UNDER 16 YEARS.

With parents. With other relatives,

1,073

31

Total,............

1,104

Grand total.....

12,195