APPENDIX 3.7
ADOPTION ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 290)
LOCAL ADOPTIONS BY COURT ORDER IN RECENT YEARS
1938-59 1971-72
1972-73
Balance bff on 1st April
***
95
204
280
嘴
Add applications received during the year
121
鶯赢繡
216 390 684 492
772
Less Adoption Orders made by the
Supreme Court during the year*
84
329
133
Refused by Court
2
Z
ITF
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Withdrawn or cancelled
35
75
昆
55
Total cases disposed of during the
year
121
Balance off on 31st March
95
J
蒙娜
* Analysis of Adoption Orders made by the Supreme Court:
404
390
Vad menander Jam
280
382
Abandoned Children
1958-59
1971-72
1972-73
23
10
9
Illegitimate Children
4
***
LIE
25
20
Adoptions by privale arrangement
Legalization of Chinese customary
Adoption
37
2$1
291
20
EL
L
13
13
63