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total of 1,517 visits have been made by the Lady Inspectors to registered Muitsai and to ex-Muitsai who have obtained situations as domestic servants. Girls whose Muitsai

status has been cancelled still continue to visit the Muitsai Bureau in the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs for help and advice. It is gratifying to observe that no substantiated cases of the ill-treatment of registered or unregistered Muitsai came to notice during the six months. It is also noteworthy that all cases of absconding Muitsai were reported

promptly by the employers to the Police or the Secretariat

for Chinese Affairs and were fully investigated. In one

instance a Muitsai absconded with a man who took her to

Chinese Territory and placed her in a brothel there; the

girl reported the facts to the Police and the man was

arrested and sentenced to a term of imprisonment while she

herself was restored to her relatives. Although reports

received daily from the Lady Inspectors go to show that

registered Muitsai are well treated, instances have occurred

in which employers have had grave cause to complain of dis-

obedience and other forms of misconduct on the part of the

girls. Two girls were charged with theft of a considerable

sum of money and of a watch from their respective employers

and were bound over in personal bonds to be of good

behaviour for a specified period.

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I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient, humble servant,

the

Governor, &c.