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The number of inmates of the Po Leung Kuk on January 1st, 1920, was 62 and during the year 343 persons were admitted as against 476 in 1919. The circumstances of the admission and the action taken in regard to them are set out in Table A.
85 women and girls were committed under warrant and 174 were admitted without warrant. Of the remainder 33 were lost children, 8 were accompanied by parents or guardians, and 43 were runaway maid-servants or "mui-tsai."
On leaving the Kuk 126 women and girls were restored to husbands or other relatives, 36 were sent to charitable institutions in China, 23 were given in adoption, 10 married, and 18 released under bond, 9 sent to the Italian Convent. The number of inmates remaining in the Kuk on December 31st was 47.
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. Sham Chak-chiu and Wong Kwong-tin. The balance to the credit of the Society at the end of the year was $23,987 as compared with $23,305 at the end of 1919.
Mr. A. Mackenzie resigned the post of Visiting Justice of the Peace to the Po Leung Kuk and his place was taken up by Mr. A. G. Coppin.
The institution was visited monthly by Justices of Peace, Messrs. A. Mackenzie, A. G. Coppin, and Chau Siu-ki, who on no occasion found cause for adverse comment. The average monthly number of inmates was 52.
The matron reports favourably on the conduct, health, and industry of the inmates during the year. There were 80 cases of sickness of which 43 were sent to the Tung Wah Hospital for treatment, and of these 1 died.
S. B. C. Ross,
Secretary for Chinese Affairs,
President.
14th June, 1921.
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The number of inmates of the Po Leung Kuk on January 1st, 1920, was 62 and during the year 343 persons were admitted as against 476 in 1919. The circumstances of the admission and the action taken in regard to them are set out in Table A.
85 woinen and girls were committed ander warrant and 174 were admitted without warrant. Of the remainder 33 were lost children, 8 were accompanied by parents or guardians, and 43 were runaway maid-servants or "muitsai,'
On leaving the Kuk 126 women and girls were restored to husbands or other relatives, 36 were sent to charitable institutions in China. 23 were given in adoption, 10 married, and 18 released under bond, 9 sent to the Italian Convent. The number of inmates remaining in the Kuk on December 31st was 47.
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. Sham Chak-chiu and Wong Kwong-tin. The balance to the credit of the Society at the end of the year was $23,987 as compared with $23,305 at the end of 1919.
Mr. A. Mackenzie resigned the post of Visiting Justice of the Peace to the Po Leung Kuk and his place was taken up by Mr. A. G. Coppin.
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The institution was visited monthly by Justices of Peace, Messrs. A. Mackenzie, A. G. Coppin, and Chau Siu-ki, who on no occasion found cause for adverse comment. The average monthly number of inmates was 52.
The matron reports favourably on the conduct, health, and industry of the inmates during the year. There were 80 cases of sickness of which 43 were sent to the Tung Wa Hospital for treatment, and of these 1 died.
S. B. C. Ross, Secretary for Chinese Affairs,
President.
14th June, 1921.
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