HONGKONG.
REPORT OF THE PO LEUNG KUK, FOR THE YEAR 1903.
No. 25
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.
The following twelve gentlemen were elected to act as Managing Committee for the year 1903 :-
1. FUNG WA-CHÜN.
2. LAU CHU-PÁK.
3. CHAU TUNG SHANG.
4. YEUNG PUI-SHAN.
5. TSUI SHI-KIL.
6. FUNG SHAU-SHÁN.
7. PUN YAN-TSÜN.
8. LI CHUK-UE.
9. LI SUI-ING.
10. PUN WAI-SÜN. 11. LAU SIU-CHEUK 12. UEN WAN-KIU.
Mr. LAU WAI-CHUEN and Mr. WE LONG-SHAN continued to act as Treasurers. A statement of the Assets and Liabilities of the Society and a declaration by the Treasurers, and two statements showing the working account, and revenue and expenditure during the year are attached. The balance to the credit of the Society on the 31st December was $15,081.17, compared with $16,126.44 on the correspond- ing day of 1902. Of this balance $15,000 is a portion of the endowment of the Society and not to be trenched upon. The expenditure therefore requires to be carefully watched and subscriptions encouraged.
The actual sun spent by the Managing Committee on the work of the Society was $8,180.03, as compared with $7,563.98 in 1902. The subscriptions received during the year amounted to only $5,715.79, compared with $7,248.25 in The decrease is due to temporary causes and we anticipate that next year the subscriptions will be as large as in previous years. Mr. HO WING-TSUN and Mr. WONG YCET-FONG have kindly audited the accounts.
1902.
The Visiting Justices during the year have been Captain ANDERSON, Mr. CHAN A. FUK, Mr. A. H. SKELTON and Mr. DUNCAN Clark.
Six hundred and thirty-two women, one hundred and thirty-four girls and sixty small boys were admitted during the year. A return attached to this report shows what steps were taken with regard to them.
The inmates of the Home receive daily instruction in elementary subjects, and they are able to earn some pocket-money by needlework.
A report by Dr. KocH on the sanitary condition of the buildings and on the health of the inmates is attached.
The first floor of the Tung Wa Hospital adjacent to the Pó Leung Kuk was handed over to the Society during the year and has been fitted up for the accom- modation of the wards of the Society.
Since the foundation of the Society the Tung Wa Hospital has always given most cordial assistance to the Pó Leung Kuk and it is satisfactory to see that the good relations existing between the two Institutions arc as firnily established as they ever have been,
A. W. BREWIN,
President.
HO KAI,
Vice-President.
1904
24th February, 1904.