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eight were for keeping unregistered muitsai, with additional

charges of assault in four cases. Nine prosecutions were for

bringing unregistered muitsai into the Colony, three for failing

to pay wages to registered muitsai, and two for failing to

notify change of address.

In the eight cases of keeping unregistered muitsai,

one defendant was fined $200.00, three were fined $100.00,

four were fined $50.00, and one was fined $25.00. This makes

nine convictions in all, but in one case a husband and wife

were charged jointly.

In the four cases of assault, two defendants were

fined $150.00 each, one was fined $50.00, and one $25.00.

In the nine cases of bringing unregistered muitsai

into the Colony, five defendants were each fined $10.00, three

were fined $25.00, and one $50.00. The lesser penalty was

inflicted on those persons who, having brought the girls into

the Colony in ignorance of the law, took them to the Secretariat

for Chinese Affairs with the object of registering them there.

In the three cases of failing to pay wages to regis-

tered muitsai, two defendants were each fined $20.00, and one was

fined $5.00. In each case an order was made for the payment, in

addition to the fine, of arrears of wages. In the two cases of

failing to notify change of address, each defendant was fined $25.

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No reports were received of ill-treatment of

registered muitsai.

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With reference to paragraph 4 of Mr. (now Sir Thomas) Southorn's despatch No.321 of the 28th June, 1932, relating to the attendance of registered muitsai at school, further cases to a total of 19 have since been discovered, the fees (paid by employer) ranging from $5.00 to $40.00 a year.

Ray

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient, humble servant,

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