CO129-522-6 Mui Tsai System 13-12-1929 - 31-12-1930 — Page 50

No 275.

RECEIVED

23-0137:

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG. 21st May, 1930.

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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

1ORD PASSFIELD,

My Lord,

Of

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Lordship's despatch No.326 dated the 17th of December, 1929, requesting me to furnish you with

information sought by Dr. Morgan on the subject of

orphanage accommodation in this Colony, and in reply to inform you that the institutions which are utilized for

the accommodation of uitsai are two in number.

these the chief is the Po Leung Kuk, the history and constitution of which is given in the enclosed note. This institution can provide temporary homes for about

seventy persons. The residence of girls in the Kuk is usually of a short duration, since, as the note indicates, efforts are always made to find homes for them, with relatives or other suitable persons, as soon as possible. At present there are thirty-six persons in the Kuk,

of whom thirteen are uitsai. During the year 1929,

fifty-two uitsai were admitted, and in 1930, up to

March 25th sixteen were admitted.

2.

The second institution which from time to time

receives uitsai at the request of the Secretary for

Chinese Affairs is the Victoria Home and Orphanage, under

the

&C.,

&c.,

&c.

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