C 39
Annexe A.
Report on the work of the Po Leung Kuk for the
year 1917.
The following gentlemen were elected in March to serve as the Managing Committee for the year:
Chu Tze-hing,
Yu King-shu,
Lei King-lau,
Chan Lok-chun,
Lau Kei-wa,
To Sz-tun,
Lei Yik-mui,
Kwan Fong-kuk, Chau U-ting, Wong Fa-nung, Wong Ping-sun, Ho Mun-sang,
The number of inmates in the Po Leung Kuk on January 1st, 1917, was 78, and 450 persons were admitted during the year as against 590 in 1916. The circumstances of their admission and the action taken in regard to them are set out in Table A.
One hundred and fifty-eight (158) women and girls were committed under warrant and 213 were admitted without warrant. Of the remainder, 42 were lost children, 7 were accompanied by parent or guardian, and 30 were runaway maid-servants.
On leaving the Kuk 150 women and girls were restored to their husbands or other relatives; 54 were sent to charitable institutions in China, 26 were given in adoption, and 20 married. The number released under bond was 21; 10 cases were sent to the Eyre Refuge, Italian Convent, or Victoria Home; and 3 were sent home by the French Consul. The number of inmates remaining in the Kuk on the 31st December was 51.
The income and expenditure during the year, and the assets and liabilities of the institution, are set out in Tables B and C attached.
The accounts of the Managing Committee in the customary form have been audited by Messrs. Chu Tze-hing and To Sz-tun. The balance to the credit of the Society at the end of the year was $20,994 as compared with $19,742 at the end of 1916.
The institution was visited monthly by Justices of the Peace, Messrs. A. Mackenzie and Chau Siu-ki who on no occasion found cause for adverse comment. The average monthly number of inmates was 51.
The matron reports favourably on the conduct, health, and industry of the inmates during the year. There were 150 cases of sickness, of which 40 were sent to the Tung Wa Hospital for treatment, and of these 3 died.
E. R. HALLIFAX, Secretary for Chinese Affairs,
President.
10th May, 1918.