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Annexe A.
Report on the work of the Po Leung Kuk for the year 1918.
The following gentlemen were elected in March to serve as the Managing Committee for the year :-
Fung Ping-shan, Lei Wing-kwong, Lui Yam-sun, Lo Chung-wan,
Wong Lan-sang,
Yeung Sui-wong,
Mok Kon-sang, Tong Wan-ting, Chan Pik-chun,
Yu Yat-yu, Chau Ngan-ting,
Chui Chung-yik.
The number of inmates in the Po Leung Kuk on January 1st, 1918, was 51, and 356 persons were admitted during the year as against 450 in 1917. The circumstances of their admission and the action taken in regard to them are set out in Table A.
One hundred and thirty-eight (138) women and girls were committed under warrant, and 146 were admitted without warrant. Of the remainder 39 were lost children, 11 were accompanied by parent or guardian, and 22 were runaway maid-servants.
On leaving the Kuk 135 women and girls were restored to their husbands or other relatives, 13 were sent to charitable institutions in China, 19 were given in adoption, and 8 married. The number released under bond, was 9, and 4 cases were sent to the Eyre Refuge, Italian Convent, or Victoria Home. The number of inmates remaining in the Kuk on the 31st December was 53.
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 again been audited by Messrs. Li Wing-kwong and Li King-lau. The balance to the credit of the Society at the end of the year was $21,977 as compared with $20,994 at the end of 1917.
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 55.
The matron reports favourably on the conduct, health, and industry of the inmates during the year. There were 238 cases of sickness, of which 72 were sent to the Tung Wa Hospital for treatment, and of these 4 died.
E. R. HALLIFAX, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, President.
8th July, 1919.