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CHINESE RECREATION GROUND.
(Table XXIII.)
65. The income from stalls has slightly increased, from $3,205 in 1921 to $3,274. The balance has increased from $5,067 in 1921 to $7,036. The Ground makes a contribution of $100 a month to the funds of the Tsan Yuk Hospital as from 1st October, 1922.
PASSAGE MONEY FUND.
(Table XXIV.)
66. The net income of the Fund was $279 and the total expenditure $402 as compared with $707 and $531 last year.
NEW ORDINANCES.
67. No. 13 of 1921 The Rents Ordinance was renewed for a further period of one year. Large numbers of tenants and landlords continued to avail themselves of the advice and assistance of this office.
The Industrial Employment of Children Ordinance (No. 22 of 1922) was passed, to come into force on January 1st, 1923. The Secretary for Chinese Affairs was made Protector of Child Labour.
GENERAL.
68. Under the terms of the Deportation Ordinance (No. 25 of 1917) reports were furnished on 218 suspects arrested by the Police under warrants of detention. Of these suspects 42 were released, 1 failed to answer to his bail, and 175 were banished. The number of reports furnished in 1921 was 175.
69. The allocation of the Annual Grant of $25,000 to Local Chinese Charities was the same as last year, viz:-
Kwong Wa Hospital, $20,000
Sham Shui Po Chinese Public Dispensary, $3,000
Kowloon City Chinese Public Dispensary, $2,000
$25,000
LABOUR.
70. The year 1922 was characterized by wide-spread labour unrest. The Seamen's strike in January and February was accompanied in its concluding stages by a general strike of labour in the Colony, and throughout the remainder of the year disputes took place in various branches of industry and trade. These were in