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8. The number of persons detained under warrant and sent direct to the Po Leung Kuk during the year was 18 as compared with 35 in 1924; the action taken in each case (as also in those cases not decided at the end of 1924) is shown in Table III. The number of women whose detention was found unnecessary and who were allowed to leave after investigation was 3 or 16.6%, as compared with 10 or 28.5% in 1924; 9 were sent to their native places; 5 were restored to their relatives; while 1 case was still under consideration on December 31st.
4. In this year five names were added to the list of girls under bond to report themselves periodically to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. The name of one girl who ran away was struck off the list. 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 34 of whom 12 were found, as compared with 49 and 24 in 1924. The total number of persons reported missing including reports from China and Macao was 39 of whom 12 were found, as compared with 30 out of 63 in 1924.
Emigration.
Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, No. 30 of 1915.
(i)-Emigration of Women and Children, (Free).
(Table IV).
6. The number of female and minor passengers examined and allowed to proceed abroad was 15,082 (women 9,509, girls 1,570 and boys 4,003) as compared with 19,622 in 1924.
7. The record of the occupations of the female emigrants over 16 years of age shows that out of a total of 9,509, 3,170 were going to join relatives, 3,201 with relatives or husbands, 301 as tailoresses, 245 as prostitutes, 2,422 as maidservants or nurses, 6 as students and 138 to work on the land. There were also 4 actresses, 7 hairdressers and 5 nuns.
8. No woman was detained for enquiries; 3 were detained in 1924.
9. Repatriation of Women and Girls:-
(a) From Singapore-Forty-five (45) prostitutes were sent back from Singapore of whom Twenty-seven (27) were returned on the ground that they were too young to practise prostitution. Four (4) applications were received for the recovery of 4 women who had emigrated to Singapore and Penang, and were found and returned to their relatives.
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