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(c)
was withdrawn because the employer had left the Colony.
In the two cases of bringing an unregistered
Muitsai into the Colony, one defendant was fined $25 and
one defendant was fined $20.
(a)
In the ten cases of failing to notify
change of address, one defendant was fined $20, one defendant
was fined $15 and cautioned (with an order to pay) on an
additional charge of failing to pay wages, four defendants
were fined $10, one defendant was fined $5, and three
defendants were cautioned.
(e)
In the remaining case of failure to pay
wages the defendant was cautioned and ordered to pay the
amount outstanding.
(f)
In most of the cases of keeping an unregistered Muitsai the girls concerned were restored to
their parents or other relatives or the usual arrangements were made for their well-being by the Secretary for Chinese
Affairs. In three such cases, however, the girl was
allowed to remain with the employer as a paid domestic
servant, and in another case the girl was found employment
elsewhere as a domestic servant. In the two cases of bring-
ing an unregistered Muitsai into the Colony one girl was
restored to her mother and the other girl was allowed to
remain with her employer as a domestic servant.
cases of failure to notify change of address the girls were
generally allowed to remain with their employers.
(g)
In the
It is noteworthy that there were no
prosecutions for the ill-treatment of registered Muitsai by their employers.
6.
Since my last report 44 of the Muitsai who were recorded as attending school have been removed from
the Register but a further 12 have been noted as attending.
This brings the total number of girls attending school to
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