APPENDIX 14
OVERSEAS ADOPTION
FOR THE YEAR 1 April 1969 to 31 March 1970
A
No of children declared wards of Supreme Court... No of children who departed for adoption overseas
Wards of Supreme Court-
Abandoned children
Orphaned children
***
***
Children released by parents
***
*****
#
爾
***
**
Other children known to the Department whose parents or relatives
gave consent
No of children who departed for foster placement‡
Wards of Supreme Court-
Abandoned children
Orphaned children
Children released by parents
Total No of children left the Colony
United States of America
New Zealand
4*4
***
孩
Great Britain Canada
+
***
++
***
***
B
DESTINATIONS
***
:
***
13
0
23
25
21
37
36
1
37
骨
1
:
1
0
1
38
་་
31
2
1
4*
38†
* of the 4 children who went to Canada, 1 child was for foster placement under the
Canadian Sponsorship Programme.
† of the 37, 27 were placed with Chinese families and 11 were placed with Cau-
casians.
under the Canadian Sponsorship Programme.
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