CO129-514-2 Mui Tsai system- suggested regulations and possible abolition 9-1-1929 - 16-5-1929 — Page 53

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I must, therefore, direct

that the third part of the Domestic

Service Ordinance should be brought

frit

into force with, and special

care must be taken to inform the

population generally that it is

in force, and that it will not be

allowed to be a dead letter. You

should also at once proceed to make

Regulations under Section 12 of the

Ordinance for the keeping of the

Registers, for the remuneration of

Mui Tsai,end for their inspection and

"sai,and

control. It will be doubtless

necessary for you to appoint

additional officers in the Department

of the Secretary of Chinese Affairs

to carry out the work of registration

and inspection.

Further, I consider that

Part II of the Ordinance should be

amended so as to forbid the bringing

into