CO129-474 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1922 [1-4] — Page 213

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Proclamation

the 22nd

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MINUTES NOT TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE.

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in it that until accommodation

be provided for them elseater no guts should have 1212

their

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except in

present homes

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17/2/220

The Governor does not give the

assurance asked for in the Secretary

8660/22. of State's telegram of 22nd February

that the institution does not involve

the slightest element of compulsory

employment and that every mui-tsai of

Demp10

a certain age is in law and in

practice free if she wishes to leave

her adopted parents or employers.

So far as the law goes, we have the

assurance of a former Governor, Sir

Henry May, that "the law does not

recognise purchase as conferring any

right or title whatsoever" and that

"the girls are absolutely free in

law as against the purchasers"

1918

(See telegram of 14th May of which a

copy is attached). The Governor may

have