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APPENDIX TO REPORT ON CHILD ADOPTION AND DOMESTIC SERVICE AMONGST THE HONGKONG CHINESE.
A.-Form of transfer of a son for adoption, taken from "Book of Domestic Rites." B.-Letter of Instructions to an adopted son, stating how he was adopted.
C.-Deed of Sale, in the case of the adoption of a Stranger-in-blood.
D.-Bill of Scale where a boy was decoyed from Canton and sold in Kaulung. The Hawker's case,
see page 33 of Blue-book C 3185 of 1882, (two women sentenced to 18 months each). E.-Deed of Sale of a daughter as a Servant, from "Book of Domestic Rites."
F.-Endorsement of Re-sale of a Servant, from "Book of Domestic Rites."
C.-Deed mortgaging a Daughter as a Servant.
H.-Deed of Sale of a Daughter as Servant, where same girl is transferred to another, endorsement
on the same paper.
I.-"Presentation Card" of a Daughter to be a Servant (Money passes, and the term present is of
course only a fiction)..
J.—Bill of Sale put forward by a Claimant for a Child.
K.-Sale of a grown-up daughter as a concubine from Sir T. WADE'S Documentary Series. L.-Ordinance 6 of 1873, with statement of odjects and reasons.
M.-Ordinance 2 of 1875, with statement amended.
N.-Notices to Registered Prostitutes, of their freedom on British soil however they may have got
there.
O.-Emigration Officer's Notices of photographs required to prevent personation of Women and
Children, who have duly passed for Émigration.
P.--Return of Kidnapping cases in Hongkong from 1872 to June 30th, 1883, including sales of
women for prostitutes.
Q.-Return of Kidnapping cases in Hongkong from January, 1883, to July, 1883, including sales
of women for prostitutes.
R.-Notices on Steamers with view to prevent kidnapping into or from Hongkong.
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Form from the Vol. 12 of “ Ka-lai-tai-tsün” or "Complete Set of Domestic Rites."
TRANSFER OF A SON FOR ADOPTION.
This agreement is drawn up by
who has a second son
aged
clan, being in want of posterity, selects (this son) to be his son. I and my wife
a junior member of the clan years. A senior member of the
do hereby give our consent to our second son going over to his family to be brought up by his wife in order to continue his family line. I have, this day, in conjunction with my wife, received
dollars for nursing my son, who
will this day enter the family, and will obey the directions of the senior member and his wife. When he has attained to manhood, he will be married, and his offspring will for ever be considered the descendants of the senior member. The family inheritance is not to be squandered nor wasted in profligacy by him, and no others are to usurp the same under any pretext whatsoever. This is agreed to by both parties. In future, I will neither go back on my word, nor instigate (the son) to rebel, nor to leave (the family of the senior member) with abundance after he came to it empty handed, nor will I depart from what has been agreed on. But my desire is that he may have a continuous line of descendants. In proof whereof, this agreement is drawn up.
Dated
Signed
Transferor of the son.
Signed
Nearest relatives.
Signed
Go-between.
Signed
Witness to the adoption.
Signed.
Wife of the Transferor.
Signed.
Elder brother of the son.
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