CO129-532-3 Mui Tsai system 4-12-1930 - 9-11-1931 — Page 86

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from her employer, she was allowed to remain in the

only home she knows, but not as a mui-tsai, and subject to her periodical appearance before the Secretary for

Chinese Affairs.

6.

In 3 of the 5 prosecutions for keeping unregistered mui-tsai mentioned in paragraph 3 above,

fines ranging from $10 to $25 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 search for her relatives, one

went to the Salvation Army, Women's Industrial Home,

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

closed down.

7.

In addition to these prosecutions under

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

was concerned, 3 defendants being fined a total of $600

for conspiring to procure a girl to have carnal connexion.

The girl was returned to her mother.

8.

The community's degree of compliance with

the regulations has been satisfactory. Reports under

regulation 5(1) have been made as follows: (a) deaths, 5;

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

permanent and 49 temporary); (d) changes of address, 72;

and (e) intended marriages, 48. Each report of death

or disappearance has been followed by careful

investigation by the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs.

In addition, 52 registered mui-tsai have been returned

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

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