CO129-516-6 The Mui-Tsai question 5-11-1929 - 21-1-1930 — Page 14

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(1) No. Chi Kai cannot be

located, but it is not in the

Colony.

(2) A copy has been furnished flu first

Enclosure in this letter)

(3) Yes.

(4) Industrial wages are not

regulated by law in the Hong

Colony, but the wage paid

to this girl was not unduly

low when it is remembered

that a labourer can support

a wife and family in

reasonable comfort according

to the prevailing standards

of living on $15 (say £1. 10. 0.)

per month.

Copy of

(5) See Ordinance No.24 of 1929 enclosed.

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(6) See the answer to (1).

(7) On account of her treatment,

the

see answer to (1).

(8) The woman in question is

believed to have been the

girl's first mistress.

3.