APPENDIX 12
ABANDONMENT OF CHILDREN
FIGURES OF CHILDREN FOUND ABANDONED IN RECENT YEARS
Year
Male
Female
Total
Sex-ratio boys per 100 girls
1958-59
34
174
208
19.5%
1965-66
21
32
53
65.6%
1966-67
22
21
43
104.7%
1967-68
28
25
53*
112%
* Including 1 disabled child admitted into the Aberdeen Rehabilitation Centre.
APPENDIX 13
ADOPTION ORDINANCE (CAP 290)
FIGURES OF LOCAL ADOPTIONS BY COURT ORDER IN RECENT YEARS
1958-59
1965-66
1966-67
1967-68
Applications for adoption pending on
1 April
95
117
139
153
Applications received during the year
121 216 150 267
147 286
206 359
Adoption Orders made by the Supreme
Court during the year*
84
103
107
101
Applications refused by Court
2
Applications withdrawn or cancelled
35
25
26
15
Total number of cases disposed
of during the year
121
128
133
116
Applications pending at end of year
95
139
153
243
* Analysis of Adoption Orders made by the Supreme Court:
Abandoned children
Illegitimate children...
Adoptions by private arrangement
Legalization of Chinese customary
adoptions
1958-59 1965-66 1966-67 1967-68
23
24
16
14
4
3
3
5
37
70
85
70
20
6
3
12
77
1