CO129-532-3 Mui Tsai system 4-12-1930 - 9-11-1931 — Page 109

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No.622.

My Lord,

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

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HONGKONG, 4th December, 1930.

With reference to paragraph 2 of Your

Loruship's despatch No.237 of the 19th of August,1930, requesting reports every six months, beginning with December,1930, of the progress of the campaign against the mui-tsai system, I have the honour to report that the number of registered mui-tsai remaining in the

Colony on the 30th of November was 4,117.

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In paragraph 1 of my despatch No.335 of

25th June,1930, I reported that, on June 1st, the total number of registered mui-tsai was 4,183, and that 31

had been registered after June 1st. In addition to these, 85 mui-tsai were subsequently registered, making a total number of 4,299 registrations at the beginning of July. The number remaining on November 30th being 4,117 as stated in paragraph 1, it followe that the local diminution auring the period under review

was 182. These may be summarizeu as follows:-

Returned to parents

Married

Disappeared

...

53

48

31

29

Left to obtain employment elsewhere Died

13

5

Left the Colony permanently

In charge of Secretary for Chinese

Affairs

Wrongly registered

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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD PASSFIELD,

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&c.,

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