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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND MAY, 1897.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 200.

The following Report of the Pó Leung Kuk Society for the year ending 31st December, 1896, which was laid before the Legislative Council on the 17th instant, is published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th May, 1897.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

REGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Hongkong, 20th April, 1897.

SIR,-I have the honour to forward for Your Excellency's information the report of the Society for the Protection of Women and Girls (Pó Léung Kuk) for the year ending, the 31st December last together with the accounts and a statement of the assets and liabilities of the Society accompanied by a declaration of the truth of it made before a Justice of the Peace by two members of the Permanent Board.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

- His Excellency

Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON. K.C.M.G.

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J. II. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary and Registrar General.

Report of the Pó Léung Kuk Society for the Year ending 1896.

The following eleven gentlemen were elected to act as the Managing Committee for the year :-

TONG SING-Ü.

KU IU-TONG. YEUNG PUN-NAM. CHIU CHUNG HAU. WONG SING-TUNG.

TRANG WAP-HIM. LEUNG YAN-PÓ.

LEUNG PING-NAM.

CHAN MUI-SHAN.

U HOI-CH'AU. LEUNG NGAN-PAN.

The Society sustained a serious loss through the death of one of its Treasurers, Mr. YUNG KUNG- ró, who had always taken a keen and active interest in its work, and at a meeting of the Society a resolution was passed expressing sympathy with the family of the deceased and recording the appre- ciation of the members of the assistance rendered to the Society by Mr. YUNG Kung-pó. Mr. LEUNG PUI-CHI, the other Treasurer, retired after having served in that capacity for 2 years. Thanks are due to him for the care and attention bestowed by him on the finances of the Society.

Mr. Lau Wai-ch'un and Mr. Wat Long-shan were appointed to act as Treasurers. Attached is a statement of the Assets and Liabilities of the Society and a declaration of the truth of it by the Treasurers and two statements showing the working account and revenue and expenditure during the year. The balance to the credit of the fund was $20,287.65.

Messrs. TANG WING-SING and TAM LUI-TS'UNG have again kindly audited the accounts.