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from her employer, she was allowed to remain in the
only home the knowe, but not as a sui-tsal, un subject
to her periodical appearance before the ecretary for
Chinese Affairs.
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6. In 3 of the 5 prosecutions for keeping
unregistered mul-tsui mentioned in paragraph 3 above,
fines ranging from 10 to 125 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 usarch for her relatives, one
went to the Salvation Army, Bomen's Industrial Hose,
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
cloned down.
7. In audition to these prosecutions under
the ordinance, there was another in which a cui-tsai
wae concerned, 3 defendante being fined a total of 7600
for conspiring to procure a girl to have carnal connexion.
The girl was returned to her mother.
The community's degree of compliance with
Reporte under
the regulations has been satisfactory.
regulation 5(1) have been maje as follows: (a) death,5;
(b) disappearances,31; (o) intended removals,78 (29
permanent and 49 temporary); (a) ohungas of addrees,
and (e) intendeu kurriages,48. Each report of death
or isappearance has been followed by careful
invectigation by the euretariat for chinese Affairs.
72;
in addition, 52 registured mui-tsai have been returned
to their parents. For the community's convenience, the
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