Appendix C.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS
FOR THE YEAR 1920.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
(Tables I and II.) REVENUE.
1. The revenue derived from all sources during the year was $18,007; less than that for 1919 by $3,423. The decrease was due to the smaller issue of Chinese Boarding House Licences and Passage Broker's Licences and to less Registration of Societies.
There were two items which showed increases, viz., Marriage Licences, and Certificates to Chinese entering the United States of America.
EXPENDITURE.
2. The total expenditure was $57,716 as compared with $52,634 in 1919 and fell short of the estimate by $120. The increase as compared with 1919 was due to the introduction of the new scheme of salaries.
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.
3. The number of persons detained under warrant and sent direct to the Po Leung Kuk during the year was 85 as compared with 167 in 1919; the action taken in each case (as also in those cases not decided at the end of 1919) is shown in Table III. The number of women whose detention was found unnecessary and who were allowed to leave after investigation was 56 or 65.8%, as compared with 81 or 48.5% in 1919; 14 were sent to their native places; 3 were restored to their relatives; 1 married and 2 were sent to Charitable institutions in China; while 9 cases were still under consideration on December 31st.
4. Three names were added to the list of girls under bond to report themselves annually, half-yearly or quarterly to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, a precaution taken to guard against their being forced into prostitution. The names of three girls were struck off the list: one of them was married and the other two were sent back to their relatives. The number of names on the list on December 31st was 13.
5. The number of persons reported by Hongkong residents to the Po Leung Kuk as missing during the year was 80, of whom 33
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