Appendix C.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS FOR THE YEAR 1923.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE,
(Tables I and II).
REVENUE.
1. The revenue derived from all sources during the year was $16,777; more than that for 1922 by $1,263.
EXPENDITURE.
2. The total expenditure was $28,795 as compared with $21,115 in 1922. The increase was due to the appointment of 2 Inspectors of Juvenile Labour, 2 interpreters and a steno-typist.
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 57 as compared with 26 in 1922; the action taken in each case (as also in those cases not decided at the end of 1922) is shown in Table III. The number of women whose detention was found unnecessary and who were allowed to leave after investigation was 48 or 84.2%, as compared with 13 or 50.0% in 1922; 3 were sent to their native places; 1 was restored to her relative; 2 were sent to Charitable Institutions in China; while 2 cases were still under consideration on December 31st.
4. In this year one name was added to the list of girls under bond to report themselves periodically to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. The number of names on the list on December 31st was 10.
5. The number of persons reported by Hongkong residents to the Po Leung Kuk as missing during the year was 46 of whom 25 were found, as compared with 82 and 17 in 1922. The total number of persons reported missing, including reports from China and Macao was 63, of whom 26 were found, as compared with 18 out of 96 in 1922.