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from her employer, she was allowed to remain in the
only home she knows, but not as a mui-tsai, and subject to her periodical appearance before the Secretary for
Chinese Affairs.
6.
In 3 of the 5 prosecutions for keeping unregistered mui-tsai mentioned in paragraph 3 above,
fines ranging from $10 to $25 were imposed; but in both the fourth and the fifth cases, which contained aggravat-
ing circumstances, fines of $100 were imposed. Two of
these girls were handed to their relatives, one is in
the Po Leung Kuk pending search for her relatives, one
went to the Salvation Army, Women's Industrial Home,
and one, at her urgent request, was allowed to remain
with her employer and be registered, as her case occurred
only a day or two after June 30th, the date when
registration, with this single exception, finally
closed down.
7.
In addition to these prosecutions under
the ordinance, there was another in which a mui-tsai
was concerned, 3 defendants being fined a total of $600
for conspiring to procure a girl to have carnal connexion.
The girl was returned to her mother.
8.
The community's degree of compliance with
the regulations has been satisfactory. Reports under
regulation 5(1) have been made as follows: (a) deaths, 5;
(b) disappearances, 31; (c) intended removals, 78 (29
permanent and 49 temporary); (d) changes of address, 72;
and (e) intended marriages, 48. Each report of death
or disappearance has been followed by careful
investigation by the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs.
In addition, 52 registered mui-tsai have been returned
to their parents. For the community's convenience, the
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