161
16
For example in 1908 CO129/352 pp. 416-419 and Minutes of the Executive Council, 26 March 1909 and 1 March 1910.
37 Minutes of the Executive Council, 2 July 1931.
38 J.H. Thomas to Peel, 29 Sept 1931 in CO129/533/10.
39
H.K. Hansard, 22 Oct. 1931 p. 193.
40
Minutes of the Executive Council, 6 Dec. 1934. Southern to Cunliffe-Lister, 18 July 1932 in CO129/532/3 p. 133.
41
42 Minutes of the Executive Council, 25 April 1935.
43
Report of the Committee constituted in accordance with the directions of H.E. the Governor contained in his letter dated 9 April 1938. C.S.O.5661/32. (The Abbott Committee, 1939) p. 19. (Copy available in Secretariat Library).
44 Administration Reports 1932 and 1939. Reports of the Medical Department. The Abbott Report, p. 5.
45
46
League of Nations Commission of Enquiry into the Traffic in Women and Children in the Far East. Replies to Questionnaire by Hong Kong Government p. 6 in CO129/533/10. Interview with Mr. R.R. Todd who first arrived in Hong Kong a cadet (administrative officer) in 1925.
47 For the results of the system before 1894 see minute in CO129/259 p. 129 dated 23 Nov. 1893, quoting the views of the Registrar General.