($90,000) between four societies and clubs: the Sailors' Home and Missions to Seamen, the Norwegian Seamen's Mission, the Apostle- ship of the Sea, and the Merchant Navy Club.
96. The staff of the Missions to Seamen made 1,730 visits to ships and distributed books and magazines. The daily average number of Officers and Seamen using the Mission's accommodation on Hong Kong Island was eighty, as compared with eighty six for last year. 109 seamen in hospital were also visited and a weekly film show was given for their benefit at the Matilda Hospital. Many outside activities were arranged with the help of a Ladies' Committee. The Apostleship of the Sea's visits to ships were facilitated by the acquisition of a new launch, and this organization also introduced seamen to the Catholic Club which is now in new quarters in Grand Building in central Hong Kong. The staff of the Norwegian Seamen's Mission made visits to 829 Scandinavian ships during the year. This Mission also acquired a launch.
97. The Merchant Navy Club, Chatham Road, Kowloon, for which the Port Welfare Committee is directly responsible, has provision for indoor games such as table tennis, and a football pitch and tennis courts. A Ships' Football League competition ended with Troopships and Norwegian Ships sharing top place.
98. For a fuller account of welfare work for seamen the reader is referred to the Annual Report of the Port Welfare Committee.
CHAPTER XII
CO-ORDINATION OF WELFARE WORK
99. One of the chief aims of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service is the co-ordination of the work of the voluntary welfare agencies, over forty of which are member organizations of the Council. Co-ordination of the work of the voluntary agencies with that of Government is achieved by the attendance at all meetings of the Council and its Executive Committee of representatives of the Social Welfare Department and other Departments concerned, and also by the direct contact which is maintained by the staff of the Department with voluntary agencies and institutions.
100. The co-ordination of relief work in the Colony has been much improved by the establishment of the Central Relief Records Office, which is operated by the Council of Social Service and keeps up to date records of the relief given to all families being assisted not only
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