373
practically every evening including Sundays throughout the year to deal with current work: questions and cases of many kinde are discussed, from trivial cases, through marriage and betrothal disputes to those which call for detention in the Po Leung Kuk or even the Police cells.
The following extract is taken from the Po
Leung Kuk report referred to above:-
Number of Women and Girls admitted to the Po Leung Kuk during the year 1919 and the arrangements made regarding them,
Committed under Warrant from the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs.
126
Committed under Warrant from the Emigration Office.
41
Pending the opening of the Secre- tariat for Chinese Affairs.
16
Sent with their own consent by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
Bent with their own consent from Singapore, Manila, and Swatow.
101
10
16
Sent with their own consent by the Police.
77
Lost Children.
35
Accompanying parents or guardians.
20
Runaway maid-servante.
44
Total
476
Released after enquiry.
209
Released under bond.
3
Placed in charge of husband.
21
Placed in charge of parents and relatives.
148
Sent to Charitable Institutions in China.
23
Sent to School, Convent or Refuge.
Adopted.
9
Herried.
6
Died.
1
Cases under consideration.
57
TOTAL:496