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N°I....
Sir,
GOVERNMent houSE.
HONG KONG,
4th July, 1933.
With reference to paragraph 2 of Lord Passfield's
despatch No.237 of the 19th August, 1930, and in continuation
of my despatch No.1 of the 4th January, 1933, I have the
honour to report that the number of muitsai on the registers
on the 31st May, 1933, was 2,820. On the 30th November, 1932,
the number on the registers was 3,017. Between these dates
there has thus been a net decrease of 197, accounted for as
follows :-
1.
Died
9
2.
Returned to parents
or relatives
44
3.
Absconded, missing,
or removed to an
29
unknown address
4.
Left Colony per-
manently
72
5.
ம்ம்
Married
43
service.
6. Entered Domestic
7. Sent to Po Leung Kuk
19
3
8.
Left employer to
earn own living.
5
9.
Handed to care of
Secretary for
9
Chinese Affairs.
233
against which must be set 36 girls who have now been traced out of the 206 referred to at the end of paragraph 2 of my last report.
2.
During the period under review there have been
twenty-six prosecutions under Ordinance No.1 of 1923. Of these,
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
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