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Having now three Inspectors the Society will have to find approximately $480 per month for their salaries and travelling expenses.
The cost of those already placed in institutions will be $68 per month and probably the expense will be doubled by provision for similar cases.
The cost of relief work, including the supply of milk foods and medicines, must naturally depend upon employment conditions during the year, but it is unlikely to fall below $150 to $200 per district per month or $450 to $600 per month for the Colony,
Support of the hospital and clinic at Shamshuipo will involve expenditure of a further $100 per month.
Administrative expenses will be maintained at their present low level of $42.50 per month for office rent and lighting and $17 per month for wages of an office boy and messenger, plus the cost of stationery and printing.
In round figures it may be said that the Society must budget for an expenditure of from $15,000 to $17,000 during the ensuing year,
Apart from the grant of $3,000 by the Government the Society is wholly dependent on the voluntary contributions of the charitable.
Your Committee trust that the necessary support may be forthcoming.
Your Committee desire to express their thanks to the Hon. Auditors, Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth and Fleming for their ser- vices; to Messrs. Glaxo Laboratories and The Nestle & Anglo- Swiss Milk Co., for supplying their respective preparations at special prices which effect a considerable saving of expense for the Society; to the lead of the Sanitary Department for permitting the use of the Board Room for meetings of the Committee; to the Police, to the Officials of Secretariat of Chinese Affairs and to Doctors and Hospitals for their valued co-operation; and to the Press of the Colony for its interest in the Society's work and the gratuitous publication of lists of subscriptions and other matter.
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SELECTED CASES.
The following cases are selected with a view to illustrat- ing the various aspects of the Society's work.
Plaint No. 73.—A woman sixty three years of age whose right arm was crippled was supporting herself and a grand- daughter aged seven by collecting and selling the sweepings of sugar cargoes. She earned only a few cents a day and they frequently had not enough to eat.
She was given a hawker's licence and stock and when illness prevented her hawking, food was provided.
Being old and sick she has expressed the hope that, in the event of her death, the Society will look after the child.
Plaint No. 132.-A girl aged nine was charged with hawking without a licence. The magistrate referred the case to the Society. It was found that the father, mother and three children were living in a single room and, owing to the illness of the father, were dependent on the girl's earnings.
Medical treatment was obtained for the father and the magistrate secured a free licence for him. Stock-in-trade was provided by the Society and the man is now well able to maintain the family.
Plaint No. A.15.-This family consisted of father, mother and two children aged eight and three years. The father had been partially paralysed for some months and was unem- ployed. The younger child had suffered from intestinal trouble for two months and was too weak to walk.
Food was provided and a hawker's licence obtained for the mother. The sick child was put into hospital and on discharge Glaxo and cod liver oil emulsion supplied. He has made a complete recovery,
Plaint No. 80.-When this case was reported the father of two children was out of work and there was no income. The mother was unable herself to feed their baby aged six months. For two months the Society supplied milk and the child throve. At the end of this time the father found em- ployment and reported that he was able to maintain the family.
Plaint No. 263. This case illustrates how sickness may affect the family income. The father of three children was earning $12 a month as a street coolie, his wife earned $10 a month as an earth carrier,
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