Appendix C.
REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
(Tables I and II.)
The revenue from all sources during the year was $15,492, a little less than one-tenth of the revenue for 1908. The last of the work which produced any substantial amount of revenue, that was left to this department (the issue of hawkers' licences), was transferred to the Police on the 1st April.
The expenditure was $42,462 compared with $43,793 in 1909 and fell short of the estimate by $3,857.
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. The number of individuals detained under warrant was 302 as compared with 280 in 1909. They were all sent direct to the Po Leung Kuk, and the action taken in respect of them is shown in Table III. The number of women whose detention was found to be unnecessary and who were released after enquiry was 83 or 28 per cent. The cases of 18 women were still under consideration at the end of the year. Nine girls were sent to the Eyre Diocesan Refuge, and one to the Italian Convent. At the close of the year the number still detained under warrant in those institutions was 14 and 2 respectively. Several ran away from both the Refuge and the Convent, but so did some from the Po Leung Kuk, where the precautions taken are almost excessive. The number of inmates of the Eyre Diocesan Refuge at the close of the year was 54.
In addition to those who were sent to the Po Leung Kuk under warrant, a number of others were sent with their own consent. Of these 9 were runaway maidservants.
Seventeen were added to the list of girls under bond to report themselves regularly to the Registrar General—a precaution taken to prevent their being forced into prostitution. Two were exempted from reporting, one was married, and one sent back to the Po Leung Kuk; the total on the list at the end of the year was 47.
The number of persons reported to the Po Leung Kuk as missing in Hongkong during the year, was 221, of whom only 48 were found. The corresponding figures for 1909 were 238 and 37. The number of boys reported missing was 90 as against 97 in 1909.
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Appendix C.
REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
(Tables I and II.)
The revenue from all sources during the year was $15,492, a little less than one-tenth of the revenue for 1908. The last of the work which produced any substantial amount of revenue, that was left to this department (the issue of hawkers' licences), was trans- ferred to the Police on the 1st April.
The expenditure was $42,462 compared with $43,793 in 1909 and fell short of the estimate by $3,857.
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. The number of individuals detained under warrant was 302 as compared with 280 in 1909. They were all sent direct to the Po Leung Kuk, and the action taken in respect of them is shewn in Table III. The number of women whose detention was found to be unnecessary and who were released after enquiry was 83 or 28 per cent. The cases of 18 women were still under consideration at the end of the year. Nine girls were sent to the Eyre Diocesan Refuge, and one to the Italian Convent. At the close of the year the number still detained under warrant in those institutions was 14 and 2 re- spectively. Several ran away from both the Refuge and the Convent, but so did some from the Po Leung Kuk, where the precautions taken are almost excessive. The number of inmates of the Eyre Diocesan Refuge at the close of the year was 54.
In addition to those who were sent to the Po Leung Kuk under warrant, a number of others were sent with their own consent. Of these 9 were runaway maidservants.
Seventeen were added to the list of girls under bond to report themselves regularly to the Registrar General-a precaution taken to prevent their being forced into prostitution. Two were exempted from reporting, one was married, and one sent back to the Po Loung Kuk;
the total on the list at the end of the year was 47.
The number of persons reported to the Po Leung Kuk as miss- ing in Hongkong during the year, was 221, of whom only 48 were found. The corresponding figures for 1909 were 238 and 37. The number of boys reported missing was 90 as against 97 in 1909.
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