proper provision having been made for the protection of her wheels, her faith is sealed, and it is undoubtedly? But she will fall again with the loss of her life

when she was rescued in the first instance. It must come to mind that the object in providing a place of refuge is not to deprive those of their liberty, but to prevent others from doing so - in short to secure the liberty of ignorant women and girls, who have for so long been regarded as mere chattels that they lack the courage to rescue themselves, and who as a rule do not know what liberty is and cannot express the idea in person or language. I think it can be stated but broadly that the position of such persons is widely different from that of people for whom liberty is a watchword, learnt in childhood, and what will the latter not be regarded as an interference with a view to enjoyment of liberty.

The word "slavery"

between "Chapel"

and "La"

I shall remain

resumes might lead to misunderstanding touching, and in Section 17 adopted has fear created, as part

Experiences

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Experience shows that most satisfactory arrangements can be generally made for the rescue of young girls allowing to be adopted into respectable families, requiring quite proper interference ingraining.

Section 18

to

Kunghii.

retaken from the Straits Settlements Ordinance 2. It differs from the similar provision in the Straits Settlements in this - that the latter states clearly that the cost

of maintenance and education

of all women and girls detained in the Asylum and to be defrayed out of money

provided by the Legislative Council. Hitherto the end of the maintenance given and girls for them almost entirely defrayed by the Tung Wah Hospital and charitable subscriptions among the Chinese, the government giving a yearly grant. I think the Chinese will become increasingly willing to continue these subscriptions towards so good an object

Section 19

The first part

is purely the thing relating to the word "Ming" thing entitled for the women detained in the Asylum just of which (1) and the wholly sub-real are from the Straits Settlements Ordinance Section 26 (1862)

Section 20

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