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CHILD SLAVERY IN Hon Kore

As a result of the Resolution passed by the Assembly on

the Traffic in Toman & Children, a Conference to deal with this question is being held by the League of Nations at Geneva

on June 30th next. The discussion of the conditions at present existing under British administration in the Crown Colony of Hong Kong is certain to arise.

In view of the question to be raised it would seem extremely desirable dashifal that the matter of the so-called "adoption" Yui-Tsai

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of children in Hong Kong should be dealt with by His Majesty's Government, with as little delay as possible. According to the regulations at present in force, children may under the legal fiction of "adoption" be sold by their parents at a very early

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no provisions are made with regard to hours of labour, and the kind of labour which can be demanded of even the youngest child that is handed over for a money payment. There is no

doubt that the very greatest suffering and hardship la caused,

and that this system is a recognised means of obtaining girls for in oral purposes. On October 28th, 1920 the Attorney General of Hong Kong stated at the meeting of the Legislative Council that the evil resulting from the traffic in girls in this Colony is so great that further powers are required for dealing with it,

and he suggests that the asendments of the Ordinance of 1897 for