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6. Members of the retiring Committee will be eligible for re-election, but no member can be a member of the Committee for more than three years in succession.

7. The names of members elected on the Committee shall be submitted to the Governor within a

week after the election.

8. The Committee shall elect from amongst its members a President, a Vice-President and a Treasurer. During the temporary absence of any of these Office Bearers the next senior member of the Committee will take his place.

9. The President or Vice-President or Treasurer and two other members shall form a quorum of the Committee.

10. There shall be an Annual Meeting of the Society to be held at the Office in the month of............

11. At the Annual Meeting, the election of the Committee shall take place, and the outgoing Committee shall present a report of its proceedings for the preceding year, including a complete statement of the financial position of the Society, duly audited.

12. The Society will endeavour by correspondence and inquiry to assist in the detection and bringing to justice of persons guilty of kidnapping and kindred offences. The Society will also endeavour, by the establishment of a Home in Hongkong, to provide temporary accommodation for destitute women and children who may be rescued from illegal custody. The Society will also cudeavour to restore rescued women and children to their relatives, and in case of those who are friendless, to make such provision as

may

be

proper for their welfare.

13. Detectives and other Constables may, from time to time, be placed, at the service of the Society upon such conditions as may be sanctioned by the Governor.

14. Detectives and Constables employed by the Society shall act only under written instructions signed by the President or Vice-President of the Society.

15. The Committee first elected shall appoint four of their number to be Trustees, and such Trustees shall be the Lessees of any Crown Lease granted for the purpose of the Society. In case of the death of a Trustee, the Committee for the time being shall elect one of its members to take his place.

16. A Minute Book shall be kept for recording the proceedings of the meetings of the Society-and before proceedling with the business of any subsequent meeting the minutes of the previous meeting shall be read and confirmed-and signed by the President, Vice-President or person filling his place.

17. The Committee may, from time to time, make and revoke rules for the management of the affairs of the Society; such rules being submitted for the approval of the Governor before they are put into operation.

These rules were approved by the Secretary of State. The names of the first officially recognised Committee of the Society appeared in the Gazette of the 12th August, 1882, since which date a Committee has beep elected annually and recognised by the Government.

4. Having briefly traced the origin of the Society, I think it will not be out of place to describe the work which it performs.

5. The work of the Society is performed by a Committee of eight (8) persons. The present Committee is made up of the following gentlemen, who are well known members of the Chinese community, the mention of whose names is quite a sufficient guarantee for their respectability

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WAI T'ING-PAN, President and Treasurer, of the Wai Tun Shin Tong,

Compradore, Eastern Extension Telegraph Company.

Lưu Tsó-IN, Vice-President, of the Tái Fung Shun, Nám Pak Hong.

CH'AN WAI-HI of the T'ái Chéung, Piece Goods Firm.

SHAM Ü-FAI of the T'ai Shing, Foreign Goods Firm.

No Ü-Ü of the Ts'eung Ki, Nám Pak Hong.

T'ONG PING-LUN of the Kwong Ch'eung Lung, Californian Goods Firm.

WONG KAI-MING of the Sui Ch'eung Wing, Nám Pak Hong. T'AM KWOK-YING of the Sun Shing, Contractor's Firm.

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