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The Committee refers, with disapproval,to"a division
into Mui-Tsai and Non-Mui-Tsai". Here, again, we go to the
root of the matter-the problem of female domestic service.
What the Committee obviously means is-a distinction between
egally registered mui-tsai on the one side, and girls,who
really are mui-tsai,but are not registered as such, on the
other side. If I interpret the report correctly, (I admit
that it is open to doubt),what the Committee has in mind is
that both classes should be treated alike.
Fifth Question. (Mui Tsai in Transit.) My question
invited sympathetic consideration of a suggestion made by
His Excellency the Governor.
to amke.
Sixth question.
I have no further observations
(Boys.) My question arose out of
the personal experiences of Sir Cecil Clementi and myself.
I am ready to concede the accuracy of the Committee's
statement that "boys are only sold in the very last resort",
but find difficulty in reconciling it with the statement that
boy-slavery does not exist. Again, I regret that the
Committee would not act on my advice, and take evidence.
In former days, boys were sold to proprietors of theatrical
troupes for employment as boy-actors. Others were sold
tp men, who employed them ig gangs in carrying gravel or fire-
-wood, and who lived upon the earnings of the gang. I do
not suggest that the practice contiues. It only shows
what happened formerly to boys in "the very last resort".
Seventh question, (Savings Bank Accounts.) I observe,
with pleasure, that the Committee supports my suggestion.
The reference to a "Charter of Freedom" will be found in
paragraph 27 of my memorandum,where I quoted a speech by the Honourable Mr H.E. Pollock.K.C.,who used the expression
in the Hong Kong Legislative Council on the 28th December,
1922.
Eighth Question. (Prostitution.)
In paragraph 92 of
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