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Annexe A.
Report on the work of the Po Leung Kuk for the year 1919.
The following gentlemen were elected in March to serve as Managing Committee for the year:---
Tong Yat-chuen,
Wong Yiu-tung
Yip Lu-kwong,
Sham Pak-ming.
Tsoi Hing,
Chan Shu-ming,
Lei Ngai-chi,
Yau Sui-chi, Chu Pik-tung,
Chung Tai-chun,
Yip Sau-chi,
Fung Heung-tsun.
The number of inmates of the Po Leung Kuk on January 1st, 1919, was 53, and during the year 476 persons were admitted as against 356 in 1918. The circumstances of the admission and the action taken in regard to them are set out in Table A.
167 women and girls were committed under warrant, and 210 were admitted without warrant. Of the remainder 35 were lost children, 20 were accompanied by parents or guardians, and 44 were runaway maid servants.
On leaving the Kuk 176 women and girls were restored to husbands or other relatives, 34 were sent to charitable institutions in China, 19 were given in adoption, 13 married, and 3 released under bond. No cases were sent to the Eyre Refuge, Italian Convent, or Victoria Home. The number of inmates remaining in the Kuk on December 31st was 62.
The income and expenditure during the year and the assets and liabilities of the institution are set out in Tables B and C attached.
The accounts of the Managing Committee in the customary form have been audited by Messrs. Li Wing-kwong and Wong Yiu-tung. The balance to the credit of the Society at the end of the year was $23,305 as compared with $21,977 at the end of 1918.
The institution was visited monthly by Justices of the Peace, Messrs. A. Mackenzie and Chau Siu-ki, who on no occasion found cause for adverse comment. The average monthly number of inmates was 55.
The matron reports favourably on industry of the inmates during the year. There were 70 cases of sickness of which 25 were sent to the Tung Wa Hospital for treatment, and of these 1 died.
The conduct, health, and
E. R. HALLIFAX, Secretary for Chinese Affairs,
President.
19th May, 1920.
C 39
Annexe A.
Report on the work of the Po Leung Kuk for the year 1919.
The following gentlemen were elected in March to serve as Managing Committee for the year:---
Tong Yat-chuen,
Wong Yiu-tung
Yip Lu-kwong,
Sham Pak-ming.
Tsoi Hing,
Chan Shu-ming,
Lei Ngai-chi,
Yau Sui-chi, Chu Pik-tung,
Chung Tai-chun,
Yip Sau-chi,
Fung Heung-tsun.
The number of inmates of the Po Leung Kuk on January 1st, 1919, was 53, and during the year 476 persons were admitted as against 356 in 1918. The circumstances of the admission and the action taken in regard to them are set out in Table A.
167 women and girls were committed under warrant, and 210 were admitted without warrant. Of the remainder 35 were lost children, 20 were accompanied by parents or guardians, and 44 were runaway maid servants.
On leaving the Kuk 176 women and girls were restored to husbands or other relatives, 34 were sent to charitable institutions in China, 19 were given in adoption, 13 married, and 3 released under bond. No cases were sent to the Eyre Refuge, Italian Convent, or Victoria Home. The number of inmates remaining in the Kuk on December 31st was 62.
The income and expenditure during the year and the assets and liabilities of the institution are set out in Tables B and C attached.
The accounts of the Managing Committee in the customary form have been audited by Messrs. Li Wing-kwong and Wong Yiu-tung. The balance to the credit of the Society at the end of the year was $23,305 as compared with $21,977 at the end of 1918.
The institution was visited monthly by Justices of the Peace, Messrs. A. Mackenzie and Chau Siu-ki, who on no occasion found cause for adverse comment. The average monthly number of in-
mates was 55.
The matron reports favourably on industry of the inmates during the year. sickness of which 25 were sent to the treatment, and of these 1 died.
the conduct, health, and There were 70 cases of Tung Wa Hospital for
E. R. HALLIFAX, Secretary for Chinese Affairs,
President.
19th May, 1920.
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