HONGKONG.
569
No. 34
96.
EPORT OF THE PÓ LEUNG KUK SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, 1895.
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor,
R.G.O. No. 109.
REGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE,
HONGKONG, 13th August, 1896.
SIR, I have the honour to forward for Your Excellency's information the report of the Society for the Protection of Women and Girls (Pó Léung Kuk) for the year ending the 31st December last together with the accounts and a statement of the assets and liabilities of the Society accompanied by a declaration of the truth of it made before a Justice of the Peace by two members of the Permanent Board.
I regret that there has been a delay in forwarding these accounts owing to the illness of Mr. YUNG KUNG-PO, One of the Treasurers of the Society, which I am sorry to state has terminated fatally.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
His Excellency
SIR WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary and Registrar General.
Report of the Pó Léung Kuk Society for the year ending 1895.
The following ten gentlemen were elected to act as the Managing Committee for the year:-
IP OI-SHAN.
HO CHEUK-TING. FUNG SHU-T'ONG.
CH'AN TSOK-PING.
CH'AN LAN-HIN. MA FAT-TING. LAI HoK-TSAU. YUNG SHIU-PÓ. TONG LAI-TSÜN. NG TAU-SHAN.
Messrs. LEUNG Pui-cut and YUNG KUNG-Pó consented to continue to serve as treasurers and were re-appointed accordingly.
Attached is a statement of the assets and liabilities of the Society and a declaration of the truth of it by Messrs. LEUNG PUI-CHI and WAI LONG-SHAN, and two statements shewing the revenue and expenditure during the year. The balance to the credit of the fund was $28,133.40. Of this sum, $28,000 are on fixed deposit.
Messrs. TANG WING-SING and TAM LUI-T'SUNG have once more kindly audited the accounts.