and as
3
impertation mui-bai was prohibited in
མི༡
Nov. 15.
L
Sprachro Historians
·zan ur
do & How. more than ryriter & peccabe bedwer
My are
not
in this Colony may be accounted for in large measure by the action of employers in returning Mu Tsai to their parents either voluntarily or upon request......Apart from these cases which actually come to the Government's notice, I am informed on good authority that many restora- tions have been privately made and also that in many cases Mu Tsai have been sent to the country homes in China of employers of the middle and upper middle classes".
52.6.30
(5) Private letter from Sir William Peel (16 in 72758/30); "I could not say in the despatch (as I could not be absolutely sure of the statement) that the number of 10,000 given sometime ago is probably far in excess of the actual total. Anyhow, if there are many unregistered Mu Tsai, which is doubtful, a prosecution or two will soon bring them to light".
(6) As under the law no new Mu Tsai have engaged in Hong Kons
been recmited since
5:23.
the public have been aware of
the Government's intention to abolish the system, it seems not unreasonable that 4,117 represents 8,653 less the normal casualties as classified in paragraph 2 of this despatch.
It is a pity that we are not in a position at present to publish some thing authoritative In this point.
Command hehe
? publish (1) as a man short delivery.
Q. C. Miles
23.1.31
I rather doubt if we are justified in
to the expense of another command
going
paper
J. A. Calder
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