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are accepted, we examined each item in the various classes of goods which hawkers are at present licensed to sell, and we have the following recommendations to put forward

(i) Class I (Food)

Eggs

Dried Meat

Salt Fish.

We consider that these items would be better sold entirely in shops, and their sale by hawkers should only be permitted if space can be spared for it in hawkers streets and open spaces.

(ii) Class II (Hardware)

Brooms Crockery Feather-dusters Iron ware Shoes Toys.

It does not appear to us to be necessary that facilities should be given to non-itinerant hawkers to sell any of these. Pedlars might be permitted to sell toys, brooms, feather-dusters, and small hardware. Existing stallholders in this class should be encouraged to change over to pedlars or hawkers (fixed pitch) licences.

(iii) Class III (Clothing)

Cloth

Lace

Silk

Swatow drawn-work Remnants Haberdashery.

Sections of certain streets might be set aside for this class. No other clothing hawkers licences should be issued, except pershaps to steamship hawkers. Pedlars might be allowed to sell small haberdashery.

(iv) Class IV (Sundries)

False hair

Jewellery

Joss-sticks

Medicine

Curios

Oil

Baskets

Rope and string

Bamboo wares

Paper lights

Brown paper Books.

It does not appear to us that any facilities should be given to hawkers to sell such articles. Pedlars might be allowed to sell curios, baskets, rope and string, bamboo wares and brown paper. Steamship hawkers might be allowed to sell curios.

(v) Class V (Fruits)

Fruits

Nuts

Olives

Fresh Flowers