CO129-532-3 Mui Tsai system 4-12-1930 - 9-11-1931 — Page 84

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My Lord,

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG, 4th December, 1930.

in

7727247686/3500

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Li Harus - HO

شرده کردن

72458/20

With reference to paragraph 2 of Your Lordship'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.

2.

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 follows that the local diminution during the period under review

was 182.

These may be summarized as follows:-

Returned to parents

Married

•

•

Left the Colony permanently

GENOEG

53

48

Disappeared

31

29

Left to obtain employment elsewhere 13

Died

5

In charge of Secretary for Chinese

Affairs

2

Wrongly registered

1

182

3.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD PASSFIELD,

&C.,

&C.,

&c.