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GOVERMILENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG
23rd June, 1931.
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My Lord,
With reference to paragraph 2 of Your Lordship's
despatch No. 237 of the 19th August,1930, requesting
reporta every six months from December 1930, and in con-
tinuation of my despatch No. 822 of the 4th December,1930,
I have the honour to report that the number of registered
muitsai remaining in the Colony at the end of the second
six-monthly period, 1.8. on the 31st May,1931, ám 3,949.
2. As stated in paragraph 1 of my despatch No. 622
under reference the number of registered muitsal remaining
on November 30th, 1930, was 4,117. The local diminution
during the period under review is therefore 160.
These may be summarized as follows:
Died
3
Returned to parents or relatives
34
Run away or disappeared 33
(4 found)
29
Left the Colony permanently 25
(one returned)
24
Karried
60
Left employer to earn own living
12
Handed to Custody of Secretary
for Chinese Affairs
Total
168
3.
The Right Honourable
Lord Passfield,
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