CO129-514-2 Mui Tsai system- suggested regulations and possible abolition 9-1-1929 - 16-5-1929 — Page 92

Enclosure No.4.

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PROCLAMATION.

The following proclamation is issued by the

Governor under instructions from His Majesty's Goverment.

Slavery is not allowed to exist in the

British Empire and therefore it must be understood that

Huitsai are not the property of their employers.

Any uitsai who wish to leave their employers

and return to their parents are entitled to do so at any

time without the payment of any money, but they should go

to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or the nearest Police

Station in order that this may be arranged.

Muitsai are warned that they must not leave

their present homes without going to the Secretary for

Chinese Affairs or nearest Police Station in order that

they may not fall into the hands of ill-disposed persons.

Masters and mistresses are specially warned

against any attempt to prevent Huitsai from seeing the

Secretary for Chinese Affairs or applying at a Police

Station.