Appendix C.
REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL
FOR THE YEAR 1911.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
(Tables I and II.)
The revenue from all sources during the year was $14,518: less than that for 1910 by $974. The main decrease was due to the transfer of the issue of Hawkers' Licences to the Police Department and to the issue of fewer licences to money changers, fewer certificates to Chinese going to the United States of America and fewer certificates for re-registration of Householders. There were two items which shewed slight increases, viz., Emigration House Licences and Marriage Licences.
The ordinary expenditure was $40,107 compared with $42,462 in 1910 and fell short of the estimate by $4,488. Special expenses amounting to $9,110.06 were incurred in connection with the taking of the Census in May last, but these were covered by a supplementary vote of $9,150.
PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.
(Table III.)
Women and Girls Protection Ordinance, No. 4 of 1897. Po Leung Kuk Incorporation Ordinance, No. 6 of 1893.
The number of individuals detained under warrant was 258 as compared with 302 in 1910. They were all sent direct to the Po Leung Kuk and the action taken in respect of them is shewn in Table III. The number of women whose detention was found to be unnecessary and who were released after enquiry was 100 or 38 per cent. The cases of 34 women were still under consideration at the end of the year. Nine (9) girls were sent to the Eyre Diocesan Refuge and three to the Italian Convent. At the close of the year the number still detained under warrant in these institutions was 16 and 5 respectively. Two ran away from the Italian Convent, but one was found again and sent to the Po Leung Kuk. The number of inmates of the Eyre Diocesan Refuge at the close of the year was 61.
Of
In addition to those sent to the Po Leung Kuk under warrant a large number of others were sent with their own consent. these 21 were runaway maidservants.