APPENDIX 12
CHILDREN FOUND ABANDONED IN RECENT YEARS
Year
Male
Female
Total
1958-59
34
174
208
1969-70
14
11
25
1970-71
1971-72
19
13
32
24
00
8
9
17
APPENDIX 13
ADOPTION ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 290)
LOCAL ADOPTIONS BY COURT ORDER IN Recent YearS
1958-59 1970-71 1971-72
Balance b/f on 1st April
**
Add applications received during the year
**
Less Adoption Orders made by the Supreme Court
95
239
294
121 216 360 599 390 684
during the year*
Refused by Court
Withdrawn or cancelled
Total cases disposed of during the year
84
272
329
2
35
33
75
121
305
404
95
294
280
***
Balance c/f on 31st March
* Analysis of Adoption Orders made by the Supreme Court:
1958-59 1970-71 1971-72
Abandoned Children
Illegitimate Children
Adoptions by private arrangement
Legalization of Chinese customary Adoption
55
23
12
10
4
25
25
***
37
227
281
20
8
13
+
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