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THIRD MEETING
OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO ENQUIRE INTO CERTAIN POINTS CONNECTED WITH
THE PÓ LEUNG KUK SOCIETY.
Held at the Council Chamber, June 16th, 1892.
Present.
Honourable J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, (Registrar General), Chairman.
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F. H. MAY, (Acting Colonial Treasurer).
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C. P. CHATER.
HO KAI.
T. H. WHITEHEAD.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and, having been amended, were confirmed.
The Chairman then said:-Gentlemen, I think I had better tell you briefly what has taken place since the last meeting, so that it can be placed on record. Since the last meeting the following documents have been circulated :-
1. Draft Minutes of Meeting held 26th May.
2. Correspondence with Colonial Secretary respecting member of Police Force.*
3. Receipts and Expenditure of Pó Léung Kuk from 1880 to 1891. †
4. Summary of six cases illustrating the working of the Pó Leung Kuk. ‡
5. Return of cases, brought at the instigation of the Pó Léung Kuk, in which
there were convictions, from 1st January 1891 to 31st May 1892. §
6. Case of LAC TS'OI LIN, ||
7. Case tried on the 15th inst. ¶
Invitations to attend the Meeting to-day were sent to Messrs. Ho Fook, LAU WAI-CH'ÜN, LEUNG P'UI CHI, WONG SHING, WAI AYUK on the 15th inst.
All these papers, gentlemen, have been circulated among you, and it has been my object, during the interval which has elapsed since the last meeting, to furnish you, from time to time, with any cases that have occurred so that you may see for yourselves how the Society does its work in detecting kidnapping and bringing the offenders to justice. I do not think you can have a better example of the working of the Society than the cases that happen to occur at the time and are not selected, and since we have met we have had cases of that kind which I have circulated among you. I have also taken upon myself the responsibility of asking Mr. MCCALLUM, the Sanitary Superintendent, to visit the Home where the girls are now housed, in order that we may have his opinion on the sanitary conditions of that building, and I have received from him a reply. I only received it this morning so I have not been able to circulate it among members, but, as it is a short one, I will now read it. ††
Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.--Have any cases of death resulted to these girls?
The CHAIRMAN.-There have been very few cases, I believe.
Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.-From contagious disease?
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