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6. Fifty-six prosecutions were brought under the Mui Tsai Ordinance with sixty-nine convictions. The charges included twenty-nine charges of keeping unregistered Mui Tsai, eleven charges of bringing unregistered Mui Tsai into the Colony, three charges of ill-treating unregistered Mui Tsai, two charges of ill-treating registered Mui Tsai, eleven charges of failing to report change of address, nine charges of failing to pay wages to registered Mui Tsai and two charges of failing to report the intended marriage of registered Mui Tsai.
7. There were also four prosecutions with four convictions for ill-treatment and neglect of young girls under 16 years of age. (Ordinance 2 of 1865, Offences against the Person).
8. Under the Women and Girls Protection Ordinance, No. 4 of 1897, thirteen cases were brought and fifteen persons were convicted. These were mostly cases of harbouring or procuring.
9. Under Ordinance 2 of 1865, Offences against the Person, twelve cases were brought on charges connected with trafficking in minors with twenty-eight convictions, and three cases with two convictions on charges of assault.
10. For a fuller report on the work of the Po Leung Kuk, see Annexe A of this report.
EMIGRATION.
(Ordinance 30 of 1915)
(Tables IV and V).
11. The emigration of Assisted Emigrants showed a still further fall. In 1930 the total number passed at the Secretariat was 8,316: in 1931 the total was 3,817; in 1932 it was 1,890; and in 1933 it was only 459. Assisted Emigration to the Dutch East Indies has practically ceased at present.
12. The emigration of women and children, however, showed a slight increase, the total being 12,190 as compared with 11,482 in 1932.
CHINESE BOARDING HOUSES.
(Ordinance 23 of 1917) (Table VI).
13. At the end of the year there were 605 Boarding Houses of all classes as against 669 at the end of 1932. Twenty-two convictions were obtained under the ordinance as compared with four in 1932.