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Hon. Treasurers :
MRS. SADD BROWN
MRS. STEDMAN
Hon. Political Secretary :
MISS COLLISSON, M.A., (Sydney)
"To secure equality of liberties, status and opportunities between and women in the British Commonwealth of Nations."
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President:
MRS. CORBETT ASHBY
Vice-Presidents:
VISCOUNTESS Astor, M.P. Dr. Maude ROYDEN, C.H. MISS HARRIET NEWCOMB MRS. RISCHBIETH, (Australia) MISS AMY KANE, (New Zealand) H. H. MAHAranee of Cooch Behar, (India)
Hon. Gen. Secretary : MISS D. D. SOLOMON
Secretary:
MISS TODHUNTER
Chairman, Hospitality Committee:
MRS. GUY INNES
17, BUCKINGHAM STREET,
ADELPHI,
LONDON, W.C.2
(Three minutes from Charing Cross)
4th July 1933
Societies Affiliated.
Great Britain.
Association for Moral and
Social Hygiene.
Hendon Women Citizens'
Council.
National Council of Societies
for Equal Citizenship.
National Women Citizens'
Associations.
St. Joan's Social and
Political Alliance.
The Open Door Council.
Women's Freedom League.
Australia.
Australian Federation of
Women Voters.
Feminist Club, Sydney. Queensland Women's
Electoral League. United Associations, Sydney. Women's Non-Party Asso-
ciation of South Australia. Women's Service Guilds of
Western Australia.
Women's Union of Service of New South Wales. Women' Non-Party
Association (Tasmania).
Canada.
Montreal Women's Club. Montreal Women's Club
(Franchise Committee).
India.
Women's Indian Association.
New Zealand.
The Pioneer Club (Wellington).
British West Indies.
Barbados Women's Suffrage
League.
Bermuda Woman Suffrage
Society.
The Rt. Hon. Sir Philip
Cunliffe-Lister. G.B.E. M.P. Secretary of State for the Colonies, Colonial Office, Downing St. S.W.1.
Sir,
At the Ninth Annual Conference of the British Common- wealth League held on June 13th, 14th and 15th, the following resolution was passed unanimously by delegates from over forty British and overseas women's organisations.
"The British Commonwealth League in conference assembled
demands: 1) That, since "Deeds of Presentation and "Adoption Deeds" show that adopted daughters are pur- chased, and the subterfuge of adoption is used as a means of obtaining Mui Tsai, the so-called adopted daughters should be registered forthwith, such regis- tration should be followed by inspection It further urges, 2) That the pledges given by the British Govern- ment for the inspection of the Mui Tsai in Hong Kong should be implemented by the immediate appointment of the necessary additional number of inspectors, inclu- ding women inspectors, to carry out this inspection fully and systematically"
We would recommend this matter to your earnest consider. ation, since the Resolution represents the considered opini of thousands of Women citizens all over the world.
I have the honour to be,
Your obedient servant,
Sir,
M. Chave Collisson
Hon. Political Secretary.
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