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197

No.

1900

HONGKONG.

REPORT OF THE PÓ LEUNG KUK SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, 1899.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

REGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 6th February, 1900.

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 31st December last. I enclose the accounts and a statement of the assets and liabilities of the Society accompanied by a declaration 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

THE GOVERNOR.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Registrar General.

Report of the Pó Léung Kuk Society for the Year ending 1899.

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

FUNG WA-CH'ÜN. CH'AN KAI-TS'ÜN. CH'AN TSOK-P'ING.

YUNG YIK-T'ING.

YUNG CHIU-PÓ. LÓ KUN-TING. CH'AN KING-T'ING WONG SIK-NG. WONG Pò-TÁI

KU IU-T'ONG.

Mr. LAU WAI-CH'ÜEN and Mr. WAI LONG-SHAN were appointed to act as Treasurers. A state- ment of the Assets and Liabilities of the Society and a declaration by the Treasurers and two statements showing the working account and revenue and expenditure during the year are attached. The balance to the credit of the fund at the end of the year was $13,706.73.

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Messrs. SHAM KUN-SAI and HO WING-TUN have kindly audited the accounts this year.

The number of persons admitted into the Home during 1899 was 411, being 1 less than in 1898. The Visiting Justices during the year have been Captain ANDERSON, Hon. WEI A-YUK, and Mr. CH'AN FUK.

The Society is indebted, as in former years, to the various Benevolent Institutions of Macao, Canton, and other places, for their co-operation in restoring women and girls to their relatives, and for assistance in other directions.

The subscriptions for the year, including the Man Mò Temple's contribution, amount to $1,005.30 as compared with $1,836.95 in 1898, showing an increase of $2,168.35.

This increase is due to the generosity of certain guilds, who now contribute to the Society in the proportion of three-tenths of the amount of their subscriptions to the Tung Wá Hospital. These increased subscriptions are most satisfactory evidence of the appreciation by the Chinese community of the good work carried on by the Institution.

The report of Dr. Lowson, who has kindly visited the Pó Léung Kuk during 1899, is attached.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

HO KAI,

President.

Vice-President.