CO129-514-3 Mui Tsai system- correspondence 27-8-1929 - 21-11-1929 — Page 111

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The "mui- Tsai" syreim in thing Rug.

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It is said met sive are 10,000 "mni-viai in sting King.

(dräße (I take no

reprcitivity for the comerinces of mis figue.) The official attende is lift me law permits any "mui-siai "is walk undirf. ver umgenger's house as any

time she likes. But when

realizes that are of mên (wiem perhaps a fur insignificant exceptions) have sinives hand work; mat a cociderable

micus are

pereculäge of eêm are beaten and severely punished for any fault'; was a cutäin pirocurâge ug

cyclematically ill-meaid; and mat, суситайску nevertheless, it is rare for any one of liens to

leave immer employer's house; it is impresives is concede môt1the permission

mit' the "paruissima accorded to mère girls my the "Law" is as valuable in practice as to may appear to be in paper-

The coronial office memorandums gives way linee reasons for the mui- tian" not walk- -ing end of mincia employers housed,

namely,

(1) they may be well-cared for, and content; (2) micy may not be are to find their parents; (3) they may say their employers.

[ I moved reserve, in parsing, chat the children in clars 3. presumably differ from more in class.my bring obedient, without neccesarity bring well-cared Manisering, inere hive reasons

content. I

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cannot cover inds whole ground. Theming did,

mière monedhe no

"mui-riai" problem.

I ad once for consideracios four veêre resers for the child worth leaving the emperger's house:-

(1)

The confusions that has exicid behneen the Mui-viai specûm and "Adan."

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