CO129-532-3 Mui Tsai system 4-12-1930 - 9-11-1931 — Page 87

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Tung Wah and Kwong Wah Hospitals have been added to the

list of places where, under regulation 5(2), reports may

be made.

9.

In none of the 31 cases of disappearance,

except one in which the girl returned to her employers,

could any definite information be obtained. Some of the

girls were supposed to have returned to their relations,

others to have got work elsewhere and others simply to

have eloped. There is nothing to show that any of those

missing got into the hands of traffickers and if they

did I think it may be fairly assumed that it was not

with the knowledge of the employers. It is not unusual

for a mui-tsai who has been reported missing to return

to her employers later having gone without telling any one,

to stay with relations or friends, as in fact happened

in the case referred to above.

10.

The Anti-Mui-tsai Society has co-operated

with the Secretary for Chinese Affairs by laying before

him information which has reached it from time to time, though in some cases the information has been found to

be baseless and probably dictated by anonymous spite.

The Salvation Army Women's Industrial Home established

here in April, 1930, though intended primarily for rescue

work, has taken in a few ex-mui-tsai, and, in the hands

of a devoted and capable woman, is doing good work.

I have the honour to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient,

humble servant,

Love

Governor, &c.