APPENDIX 11
(See paragraph 57)
ABANDONMENT OF CHILDREN
FIGURES OF CHILDREN FOUND ABANDONED OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS
Year
Male
Female
Total
Sex-ratio boys per 100 girls
1961 - 62
26
94
120
...
27.7%
1962 - 63
32
109
141
29.4%
1963 - 64
40
98
138
40.8%
APPENDIX 12
(See paragraph 57)
THE ADOPTION ORDINANCE, 1956
FIGURES OF LOCAL ADOPTIONS BY COURT Order OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS
Applications for adoption pending on 1st April Applications received during the year
***
Adoption Orders made by the Supreme Court during
the year*
Adoption case completed in the United Kingdom
Applications refused by Court
Applications withdrawn or cancelled
Total number of cases disposed of during
the year
Applications pending at end of
year
***
1961-62
195
1962-63
138
1963-64
125
182 377 199 337 138 263
201
173
122
Ι
1
2
37
36
21
239
212
143
138
125
120
* Analysis of Adoption Orders made by the Supreme Court:
Abandoned children
Illegitimate children
Adoptions by private arrangement
Confirmations of Chinese customary adoptions
64
1962-63
1963-64
29
27
8
9
93
65
***
43
21