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„beuridnon ad swalédoob ILkw yaling side beta „moniza nad sao už dvožďou odt naiðna ovidusduiminha abrager nå -krodtim molioq odt ko možduodén émésnoo adi sevisset seish

to check the constant flow of Chinese to and from the main- land of China, shence they can proceed abroad without hindrance at the port of embarkation. See also answer to

question 4.

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Question 8.

Yes. See answers to questions 4 and 7.

Ouestion 9.

The provisions of Sections 42 to 45 of the Asiatio Emigration Ordinance No.30 of 1915 are designed to secure the protection of migrants pending their departure.

Temen and children brought to the Colony under circum. stances which have aroused suspicion are given protection in an institution know as the PO LLUNG KUK pending the investigation of their cases and the making of more permanent arrangements for their welfare. Ordinance No.6 of 1893 with regard to this institution is enclosed,

Colemies and Dependencies.

▲ certain mmber of white men maintain Asiatic momen

for serial purposes, wat the women are in such cases almost invariably free agents, The evil referred to does not therefore exist, at any rate to any appreciable extent.

Children.

There is among the Chinese a system known as the "mui tsai" system by which the girl children of very poor familion are given over to more well-to-do families as domestic servants, in exchange for money payments to the parents or guardians. The system seems inevitable in the conditions obtaining in South Chins, on account of the extreme poverty of a large proportion of the population and their "procreat- -ive recklessness". The alternative to disposing of the children in this way wuld in many cases be starvation or sale for imoral purposes.

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