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in its place has been approved by the Executive Council

whereby "any change, whether temporary or permanent, in the

address at which the muitsai or the employer resides" must

be reported. This regulation (copies of which are enclosed)

has now been published as Government Notification No.424 in

the Government Gazette of the 31st May, 1935.

(g) Of the four girls concerned in these cases, two

elected to remain with their registered employers, one was

restored to her parents, and one, at her own request, was

allowed to remain with her new employer as a domestic servant.

8. Since my last report, seven of the muit sai who

were recorded as attending school have been removed from the

Register, but a further ten have been found to be studying.

The number of girls on record as school pupils on the 31st

May, 1935, is thus 112 as compared with 109 on the 30th

November, 1934.

9.

(a) Inspector Fraser left the Colony on home leave

on the 18th May, 1935, and his place is being filled by

Acting Inspector O'Connor, who has been lent to the Secretariat

for Chinese Affairs by the Police Department.

(b) The two Lady Inspectors paid a total of 1,622

visits to registered muit sai and to ex-muit sai who have

obtained employment as domestic servants. They have, in

addition, spent a great deal of time, in company with the

male inspector, preparing the cases for prosecution, and

following up the reports which frequently come to them in

the course of their visiting, as to the existence of alleged

unregistered muitsai. Their work has been responsible for

the great majority of the prosecutions.

(c) Inspector Fraser's work has again been of a very

high standard. He has brought the register system and the inspection routine to a high pitch of efficiency, and has conducted the prosecutions with marked ability.

(d)

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