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Annexe A.
Report of the Po Leung Kuk for the year 1911.
The following 12 gentlemen were elected in March to act as Managing Committee for the year 1911:--
Li Sui-kam, Li Chung-chik, Li Wing-kwong, Leung Hok-lau, Yung Yik-ting, Lam Heung-lun, Un Wan-kiu, Wu Chu-wan, Wu Wan-cho, Ip Yung-sun, Li Shun-fan, Kwok Sui-chu.
Four meetings of the Board were held during the year at which the average attendance of members was seven and the average number of the Managing Committee present was ten. Among the subjects of more than immediate interest that were discussed were (1) the drafting of further regulations to be observed by the Po Leung Kuk detectives when searching for kidnapped persons on the arrival or departure of ships: (2) the desirability of cutting down expenses: (3) whether the members of the Permanent Board could be allowed to obtain girls as concubines or maid-servants from the Po Leung Kuk or to give security for others wishing to do so;-decided in the negative.
The inmates appear to be happy and in good health, and though detention must at times be felt to be irksome discipline has been good and there has been no case during the year of any escape or attempted escape from the Kuk.
Special attention has again been paid to providing instruction in needlework, etc., and a new departure was made in the way of teaching the girls Chinese writing in which they show considerable interest. 30 of the girls are reported by the Matron to sew extremely well, and 15 to show considerable talent for knitting.
The number of inmates in the Po Leung Kuk on the 1st January, 1911, was 46, and 514, of whom 117 were children, were admitted during the year. The circumstances of their admission and the action taken regarding them are detailed in Table A.
201 were admitted with their own consent, 16 were lost children, one accompanied her parents, and 19 were runaway maid-servants.
On leaving the Po Leung Kuk 194 were placed in the charge of their husband, parents, or other relative; 37 were sent to Charitable Institutions in China; 17 were married; 17 adopted; and 26 released under bond. The Italian Convent, the Eyre Refuge, and the Victoria Home are all ready to receive suitable
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Annexe A.
Report of the Po Leung Kuk for the
year 1911.
The following 12 gentlemen were elected in March to act as Managing Committee for the year 1911:--
Li Sui-kam, Li Chung-chik, Li Wing-kwong, Leung Hok-lau, Yung Yik-ting,
Lam Heung-lun,
Un Wan-kiu,
Wu Chu-wan,
Wu Wan-cho,
Ip Yung-sun,
Li Shun-fan, Kwok Sui-chu.
Four meetings of the Board were held during the year at which the average attendance of members was seven and the average number of the Managing Committee present was ten. Among the subjects of more than immediate interest that were dis- cussed were (1) the drafting of further regulations to be observed by the Po Leung Kuk detectives when searching for kidnapped persons on the arrival or departure of ships: (2) the desirability of cutting down expenses: (3) whether the members of the Per- manent Board could be allowed to obtain girls as concubines or maid-servants from the Po Leung Kuk or to give security for others wishing to do so;-decided in the negative.
The inmates appear to be happy and in good health, and though detention must at times be felt to be irksome discipline has been good and there has been no case during the year of any escape or attempted escape from the Kuk.
Special attention has again been paid to providing instruction in needlework, etc., and a new departure was made in the way of teaching the girls Chinese writing in which they show considerable interest. 30 of the girls are reported by the Matron to sew ex- tremely well, and 15 to show cosiderable talent for knitting.
The number of inmates in the Po Leung Kuk on the 1st January, 1911, was 46, and 514, of whom 117 were children, were admitted during the year. The circumstances of their admission and the action taken regarding them are detailed in Table A.
201 were admitted with their own consent, 16 were lost children, one accompanied her parents, and 19 were runaway maid-
servants.
On leaving the Po Leung Kak 194 were placed in the charge of their husband, parents, or other relative; 37 were sent to Charitable Institutions in China; 17 were married; 17 adopted; and 26 released under bond. The Italian Convent, the Eyre Refuge, and the Victoria Home are all ready to receive suitable
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