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6. At the beginning of the year the number of registered muitsai was 1,584, but by the end of December they had been reduced to 1,396. The 188 cancellations are accounted for as follows:-
Died 5
Absconded 5
Left Colony permanently 17
Married 32
Restored to parents or relatives 50
Earning their own living 36
Removed from the register of the family 23
Remaining with the employer as a member 20
Fifty of the registered muitsai are attending school, their fees being paid by the employers.
7. Sixty-one persons were prosecuted under the Female Domestic Service Ordinance (1 of 1923) in respect of fifty-eight girls. In all eighty-three charges under this and other enactments were preferred as follows:-
(1) Ill-treatment of unregistered muitsai5 (2) Ill-treatment of child under 16 years4 (3) Common assault4 (4) Keeping an unregistered muitsai38 (5) Bringing an unregistered muitsai into the Colony.13 (6) Failing to report the intended removal from the Colony of a registered muitsai2 (7) Failing to report change of address of a registered muitsai3 (8) Failing to report the intended marriage of a registered muitsai9 (9) Failing to report taking into employment of a registered muitsai4 (10) Failing to report the death of a registered muitsai...83
Seven cases were discharged, in eight cases defendants were cautioned, in six cases defendants were bound over, one case was withdrawn, and one case was remanded 'sine-die'.
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