Appendix C.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS FOR THE YEAR 1917.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
(Tables 1 and 11.)
REVENUE.
1. The revenue derived from all sources during the year was $11,370: more than that for 1916 by $2,133. The increase was mainly due to the issue of Chinese Boarding House Licences with a new scale of licence fees under the new Boarding House Ordinance 1917, Marriage Licences, Emigration Passage Broker's Licences, Registration of Societies, and Permits for Firework Display.
There were three items which showed decreases, viz., Forfeitures, Certificates to Chinese entering the United States of America, and Official Signatures.
EXPENDITURE.
2. The total expenditure was $51,837 as compared with $54,966 in 1916 and fell short of the estimate by $5,477. The decrease was mainly due to the higher rate of exchange and vacancies in certain posts.
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.
3. The number of persons detained under warrant and sent direct to the Po Leung Kuk during the year was 158 as compared with 288 in 1916; the action taken in each case (as also in those cases not decided at the end of 1916) is shown in Table III. The number of women whose detention was found unnecessary and who were allowed to leave after investigation was 109 or 68.9% as compared with 83.3% in 1916: 32 were sent to their native places; 3 remained awaiting marriage; 1 was married; 7 were restored to relatives; while 5 cases were still under consideration on December 31st.
4. Fourteen names were added to the list of girls under bond to report themselves annually, half-yearly or quarterly to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, a precaution taken to guard against their being forced into prostitution. The names of 18 girls were
Appendix C.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS FOR THE YEAR 1917.
REVENUE AND EXPENDIture.
(Tables 1 and 11.)
REVENUE.
1. The revenue derived from all sources during the year was $11,370: more than that for 1916 by $2,133. The increase was mainly due to the issue of Chinese Boarding House Licences with a new scale of licence fees under the new Boarding House Ordi- nance 1917, Marriage Licences, Emigration Passage Broker's Licences, Registration of Societies, and Permits for Firework Display.
There were three items which showed decreases, viz., Forfei- tures, Certificates to Chinese entering the United States of America, and Official Signatures.
EXPENDITURE.
2. The total expenditure was $51,837 as compared with $54,966 in 1916 and fell short of the estimate by $5,477. The decrease was mainly due to the higher rate of exchange and vacancies in certain posts.
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.
3. The number of persons detained under warrant and sent direct to the Po Leung Kuk during the year was 158 as compared with 288 in 1916; the action taken in each case (as also in those cases not decided at the end of 1916) is shown in Table III. The number of women whose detention was found unnecessary and who were allowed to leave after investigation was 109 or 68.9% as compared with 83-3% in 1916: 32 were sent to their native places; 3 remained awaiting marriage; 1 was married; 7 were restored to relatives; while 5 cases were still under consideration on December 31st.
4. Fourteen names were added to the list of girls under bond to report themselves annually, half-yearly or quarterly to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, a precaution taken to guard against their being forced into prostitution. The names of 18 girls were
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