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custody of children to be transferred for a consideration' in more ways than one and with different purposes in view: and it would be idle to deny that in Hong Kong girls are
still occasionally being procured as mui tsai and for far worse purposes despite our legislative and other measures. On the other hand such processes are attended by too much risk to be frequent: nor is the word 'slave' strictly applicable either to a mui tsai or a concubine. also know, we have just taken a step which will help, we hope, to reduce the most immoral form of traffic in human beings which exists here. It is, perhaps, unnecessary for me to acd that the article in the "Sunday Herald" has
aroused great indignation locally.
Yours sincerely,
1. God hathete
Annexures: (i) Copy of newspaper article.
(ii) Opinion of Attorney General.
(iii) Police report.
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