The 175 girls were discovered from reports made as follows:-
131 by the girls' employers who had entered the Colony as refugees and wished to register them, nineteen by the girls to the Police, five by Police, five by Lady Inspectors, five by the staff of the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, four by the girls' parents, two by the girls themselves to the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, one by the employer to the Police, one by Harbour Department, one by Sanitary Department, and one by the Anti-Muitsai Society.
9. In addition to the above mentioned reports, seven reports were received from the Anti-Muitsai Society, two reports from the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, and a further fifty-eight reports received were anonymous.
STOOR TO RESULT
10. Twenty-three girls were sent to the Salvation Army Home, one girl to the Heep Yun School, and five girls to Rural Home and Orphanage at Taipo.
11. The system whereby payment of wages belonging to these girls should be paid monthly by the employers concerned to the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, has been adopted on the recommendation of the Muitsai Commission. This money has been placed in a savings account with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
12. New legislation was introduced in connection with muitsai on the recommendation of the Muitsai Commission during the year by the amendment to Ordinance No. 1 of 1923 relating to the removal of registered muitsai from the register on reaching the age of eighteen, the employment of females under twelve years of age as domestic servants, and the removal of the six months' time limit in respect of an offence against Section 4A of the ordinance.
13. For a detailed account of the Po Leung Kuk work see Annexe A
EMIGRATION.
(ORDINANCE 30 of 1915.)
(Tables IV and V).
14. The number of assisted emigrants was 1,466 as compared with 7,564 in 1937.
15. The number of women and children emigrants was 12,753 as compared with 83,539 in 1937.
CHINESE BOARDING HOUSE.
(ORDINANCE 23 OF 1917).
(Table VI).
16. At the end of the year there were 141 boarding houses of all classes as against 157 at the end of 1937. During the year no new licences were taken out and sixteen licences were cancelled.
17. No convictions were obtained under the ordinance as compared with one in 1937.
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The 175 girls were discovered from reports made as follows:-
131 by the girls' employers who had entered the Colony as refugees and wished to register them, nineteen by the girls to the Police, five by Police, five by Lady Inspectors, five by the staff of the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, four by the girls' parents, two by the girls themselves to the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, one by the employer to the Police, one by Harbour Department, one by Sanitary Department, and one by the Anti-Muitsar Society.
9. In addition to the above mentioned reports, seven reports were received from the Anti-Muitsai Society, two reports from the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, and a further fifty-eight reports received were anonymous.
STOOR TO ZULTAT
10. Twenty-three girls were sent to the Salvation Army Home, one girl to the Heep Yun School, and five girls to Rural Home and Orphanage at Taipo.
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11. The system whereby payment of wages belonging to these girls should be paid monthly by the employers concerned to the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, has been adopted on the recommendation of the Muitsai Commission. This money has been placed in a savings account with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
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12. New legislation was introduced in connection with muitsai on the recom- mendation of the Muitsai Commission during the year by the amendment to Ordinance No. 1 of 1923 relating to the removal of registered muitsai from the register on reaching the age of eighteen, the employment of females under twelve years of age as domestic servants, and the removal of the six months' time limit in respect of an offence against Section 4A of the ordinance.
13. For a detailed account of the Po Leung Kuk work see Annexe A
EMIGRATION.
(ORDINANCE 30 of 1915.)
(Tables IV and V).
14. The number of assisted emigrants was 1,466 as compared with 7,564
in 1937.
15. The number of women and children emigrants was 12,753 as compared with 83,539 in 1937.
CHINESE BOARDING HOUSE.
(ORDINANCE 23 OF 1917).
(Table VI).
16. At the end of the year there were 141 boarding houses of all classes as against 157 at the end of 1937. During the year no new licences were taken out and sixteen licences were cancelled.
17. No convictions were obtained under the ordinance as compared with one in 1937.
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