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64. Translation Work done in the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs during the year 1923.
Translation from Chinese into English. Translation from English into Chinese.
Petitions... 122 Unspecified.... 191 Ordinances 2 Unspecified 29 Letters 185 Total............ 513 Regulations 67 Total 279 Newspaper articles and Government notices 179 Grand total,... 792 items of news. 15 Minutes... 2The total number of translations done by the Translator was thus 792 as against 758 in 1922, 608 in 1921, and 823 in 1920.
65. In addition, a large number of translations made in other Government Departments are sent to this office for revision. Much translation work is done by members of the staff other than the Translator, but of this no record is kept.
CHINESE RECREATION GROUND.
(Table XXIII).
66. The income from stalls had slightly increased from $3,274 in 1922 to $3,342. The Ground continued to make a contribution of $100 a month to the funds of the Tsan Yuk Hospital to which institution a sum of $5,000 was also advanced.
PASSAGE MONEY FUND.
(Table XXIV).
67. The net income of the Fund was $640 and the total expenditure $482 as compared with $279 and $402 last year.
NEW ORDINANCES.
68.-(a.) Employers of factory labour have been found very ready to meet our requirements. Before the introduction of this ordinance, the working hours for children were often excessive, extending sometimes to 11 and 12 hours a day. Nine hours is now the maximum for persons under the age of 15. Some employers have preferred to dispense with the labour of children