6. Fifty-five prosecutions were brought under the Mui Tsai Ordinance with fifty-four convictions. These prosecutions included forty-three cases of keeping unregistered Mui Tsai, five cases of bringing unregistered Mui Tsai into the Colony, two cases of ill-treatment of registered Mui Tsai, two cases of ill-treatment of unregistered Mui Tsai and three cases of non-payment of wages.
7. Under the Women and Girls Protection Ordinance No. 4 of 1897, five cases were brought and eleven persons were convicted. These were cases of harbouring or procuring.
8. Under Section 45A of Ordinance 2 of 1865, Offences against the Person, four cases were brought on charges connected with trafficking in minors, and nine persons were convicted.
9. For a fuller report on the work of the Po Leung Kuk, see Annexe A of this report.
EMIGRATION.
(Ordinance 30 of 1915).
(Tables IV and V).
10. Malaya continued to repatriate Chinese in considerable numbers, but this department is not in a position to give the total numbers thus repatriated to Hong Kong during the whole of 1932. The reason for this is that in June the Malayan Government started a new system of repatriation directly through the shipping companies instead of through this department and the Tung Wah Hospital. Up to June, so far as this department is concerned, the repatriation figures were
5,874 from Penang
368 from Singapore
325 from Sandakan and
676 from French Indo-China.
11. The emigration of Assisted Emigrants showed a further fall. In 1930, the total number passed was 8,316. In 1931 it fell to 3,817, and in 1932 the total was 1,602.
12. Similarly the emigration of women and children showed a marked decrease, from 18,122 in 1931 to 11,482 in 1932.
13. Forty-five women were detained for enquiries as compared with twenty-nine in 1931.
CHINESE BOARDING HOUSES.
(Ordinance 23 of 1917). (Table VI).
14. During the year four convictions were obtained under the ordinance as compared with nine in 1931. These convictions were mainly for failing to keep the register properly and having excess of boarders.
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6. Fifty-five prosecutions were brought under the Mui Tsai Ordinance with fifty-four convictions. These prosecutions in- cluded forty-three cases of keeping unregistered Mui Tsai, five cases of bringing unregistered Mui Tsai into the Colony, two cases of illtreatment of registered Mui Tsai, two cases of illtreat- ment of unregistered Mui Tsai and three cases of non-payment of wages.
7. Under the Women and Girls Protection Ordinance No. 4 of 1897, five cases were brought and eleven persons were con- victed. These were cases of harbouring or procuring.
8. Under Section 45A of Ordinance 2 of 1865, Offences against the Person, four cases were brought on charges connected with trafficking in minors, and nine persons were convicted.
9. For a fuller report on the work of the Po Leung Kuk, see Annexe A of this report.
EMIGRATION.
(Ordinance 30 of 1915).
(Tables IV and V).
10. Malaya continued to repatriate Chinese in considerable. numbers, but this department is not in a position to give the total numbers thus repatriated to Hong Kong during the whole of 1932. The reason for this is that in June the Malayan Gov- ernment started a new system of repatriation directly through the shipping companies instead of through this department and the Tung Wah Hospital. Up to June, so far as this department is concerned, the repatriation figures were
5,874 from Penang
368 from Singapore
325 from Sandakan and
676 from French Indo-China.
11. The emigration of Assisted Emigrants showed a further fall. In 1930, the total number passed was 8,316. In 1931 it fell to 3,817, and in 1932 the total was 1,602.
12. Similarly the emigration of women and children showed a marked decrease, from 18,122 in 1931 to 11,482 in 1932.
18. Forty-five women were detained for enquiries as com- pared with twenty-nine in 1931.
CHINESE BOARDING HOUSES.
(Ordinance 23 of 1917). (Table VI).
14. During the year four convictions were obtained under the ordinance as compared with nine in 1931. These convictions were mainly for failing to keep the register properly and having excess of boarders.
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