CO129-532-3 Mui Tsai system 4-12-1930 - 9-11-1931 — Page 111

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from her employer, she was allowed to remain in the

only home the knowe, but not as a sui-tsal, un subject

to her periodical appearance before the ecretary for

Chinese Affairs.

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6. In 3 of the 5 prosecutions for keeping

unregistered mul-tsui mentioned in paragraph 3 above,

fines ranging from 10 to 125 were imposed; but in both

the fourth and the fifth cases, which contained aggravat-

ing circumstances, fines of /100 were imposed. Two of

these girls were handed to their relatives, one is in

the Po Leung Kuk pending usarch for her relatives, one

went to the Salvation Army, Bomen's Industrial Hose,

and one, at her urgent request, was allowed to remain

with her employer and be registered, as her case occurred

only a day or two after June 30th, the date when

registration, with this single exception, finally

cloned down.

7. In audition to these prosecutions under

the ordinance, there was another in which a cui-tsai

wae concerned, 3 defendante being fined a total of 7600

for conspiring to procure a girl to have carnal connexion.

The girl was returned to her mother.

The community's degree of compliance with

Reporte under

the regulations has been satisfactory.

regulation 5(1) have been maje as follows: (a) death,5;

(b) disappearances,31; (o) intended removals,78 (29

permanent and 49 temporary); (a) ohungas of addrees,

and (e) intendeu kurriages,48. Each report of death

or isappearance has been followed by careful

invectigation by the euretariat for chinese Affairs.

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in addition, 52 registured mui-tsai have been returned

to their parents. For the community's convenience, the

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