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The 708 girls stated above to have been removed from the register are all girls whose whereabouts are unknown and who have probably left the Colony, been married or restored to relatives. All these girls are over 18 years of age.
The names of the twenty-two girls remaining with their former employers as members of the family have been transferred to the Register of Adopted Daughters and Wards.
7. Eighty persons were prosecuted under the Female Domestic Service Ordinance (1 of 1923) and the Offences Against the Person Ordinance (2 of 1865) in respect of seventy-nine girls. In all 109 charges under these and other enactments were preferred as follows:-
(1) Ill-treatment of unregistered muitsai 12 (2) Ill-treatment of child under 16 years 9 (3) Common assault ... 54 (4) Keeping an unregistered muitsai 31 (5) Bringing an unregistered muitsai into the Colony 1 (6) Failing to report possession of a ward ... 109Ten cases were discharged, in thirty cases defendants were cautioned, in twenty-seven cases defendants were bound over, six cases were withdrawn, and in thirty-six cases defendants were fined.
Where the employers of unregistered muitsai had been prosecuted the girls concerned were disposed of as follows:-
Twenty-three girls entered domestic service, nineteen girls were transferred to the Register of Adopted Daughters and Wards under the Women and Girls Ordinance, No. 5 of 1938, four girls were restored to parents and relatives, three girls obtained employment, twenty-nine girls were sent to the Po Leung Kuk and one to the Salvation Army Industrial Home.
The seventy-nine girls were discovered from reports made as follows:-
Forty-one by the girls' employers who had entered the Colony as refugees and wished to register them, fifteen by the girls to the Police, one by the staff of the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, three by the girls' parents, four by the girls themselves to the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, six by the Anti-Muitsai Society and nine by anonymous reports,
8. In addition to the above mentioned reports, ten reports were received from the Anti-Muitsai Society, one from the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children and thirty-nine from anonymous sources. These cases were investigated and found to be without sufficient foundation to substantiate a charge.
9. Twelve girls were sent to the Salvation Army Industrial Home, and seven girls to Rural Home and Orphanage at Taipo.
10.
Wages of registered muitsai continued to be paid monthly by the employers concerned to the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs. This money has been placed in a saving account with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
11. Adopted daughters and wards.
The number of girls remaining on the registers on 31st December, 1938, was 2,558. In addition to these, 395 girls were subsequently registered, making a total number of 2,953 registrations at the end of December 1939.
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The 708 girls stated above to have been removed from the register are all girls whose whereabouts are unknown and who have probably left the Colony, been married or restored to relatives. All these girls are over 18 years of age.
The names of the twenty-two girls remaining with their former employers as members of the family have been transferred to the Register of Adopted Daughters and Wards.
7. Eighty persons were prosecuted under the Female Domestic Service Ordin- ance (1 of 1923) and the Offences Against the Person Ordinance (2 of 1865) in respect of seventy-nine girls. In all 109 charges under these and other enactments were preferred as follows:-
(1) Ill-treatment of unregistered muitsai
(2) Ill-treatment of child under 16 years
(3) Common assault ...
(4) Keeping an unregistered muitsai
(5) Bringing an unregistered muitsai into the Colony (6) Failing to report possession of a ward
12
9
54
31
1
109
Ten cases
were discharged, in thirty cases defendants were cautioned, in twenty-seven cases defendants were bound over, six cases were withdrawn, and in thirty-six cases defendants were fined.
Where the employers of unregistered muitsai had been prosecuted the girls con- cerned were disposed of as follows:-
Twenty-three girls entered domestic service, nineteen girls were transferred to the Register of Adopted Daughters and Wards under the Women and Girls Ordin- ance, No. 5 of 1938, four girls were restored to parents and relatives, three girls obtained employment, twenty-nine girls were sent to the Po Leung Kuk and one to the Salvation Army Industrial Home.
The seventy-nine girls were discovered from reports made as follows:-
Forty-one by the girls' employers who had entered the Colony as refugees and wished to register them, fifteen by the girls to the Police, one by the staff of the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, three by the girls' parents, four by the girls them- selves to the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, six by the Anti-Muitsai Society and nine by anonymous reports,
8. In addition to the above mentioned reports, ten reports were received from the Anti-Muitsai Society, one from the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children and thirty-nine from anonymous sources. These case were investigated and found to be without sufficient foundation to substantiate a charge.
9. Twelve girls were sent to the Salvation Army Industrial Home, and seven girls to Rural Home and Orphanage at Taipo.
10.
Wages of registered muitsai continued to be paid monthly by the employers concerned to the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs. This money has been placed in a saving account with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
11. Adopted daughters and wards.
The number of girls remaining on the registers on 31st December, 1938. was 2,558. In addition to these, 395 girls were subsequently registered, making a total number of 2,953 registrations at the end of December 1939.
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