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Appendix A.

Report of the Po Leung Kuk, for the year 1907.

The following ten gentlemen were elected on the 23rd March to act as Managing Committee for the year 1907 :-

CHAN KENG WAN.

CHÜ Tsz HING. Hur CHIU LAM. KWOK IU-WUN. LEUNG KIN ON. LI PO KWAI. TAM TSZ KONG. U CHU WAN, UEN WAN KIC.

WONG LAI CHUN.

Mr. TAM TEZ-KONG

On the 18th June the Board lost by death the services of Mr. Ir OI-SHAN who had been a member since 1896. His enlightened advice will be greatly missed. was appointed on the 14th November to fill the vacancy.

On the 7th October the Po Leung Kuk was visited by His Excellency the Governor and Lady LUGARD, and a present was given by Lady LUGARD to each of the inmates.

A statement of the Assets and Liabilities of the Society on the 31st December (together with a statutory declaration to the truth of it made by the two Treasurers), and two state- ments, one shewing the working account and the other the receipts and expenditure for the year are attached.

The balance to the credit of the Society on the 31st December was $18,790.77 compared with $16,732.66 at the close of 1906. Of this balance $15,000 is a portion of the original endowment fund, and is placed on fixed deposit with five Chinese banks. The actual ex- penditure for the year is $7,774.11 as against $7,855.13 in 1906. The subscriptions collected during the year amounted to $8,314 as against $7,804 in 1906. The expenditure is lower than it has been since 1902, and the subscriptions are $1,000 higher than they were in that year.

The Visiting Justices, Mr. DUNCAN CLARK and Mr. CHAU SIU-KI, have paid thirteen visits to the Po Leung Kuk during the year.

Ten meetings of the Permanent Board of Direction have been held. The average attendance of members was ten, and sometimes as many as six members of the Managing Com- mittee have been present. In addition to considering matters relating to the internal inanagement of the Po Leung Kuk, the Board have discussed exhaustively the detection of abuses connected with assisted emigration, the disposal of girls under 16 years of age who have been trained for an immoral life and have been sent to the Po Leung Kuk under war- rant by the Registrar General, and the giving of financial assistance to Miss Eyre's Refuge. The views of the directors on the precautions to be observed for checking emigration abuses have been communicated to the Government, definite rules have been laid down for dealing with girls under sixteen who come under the charge of the Society, and assistance is to be given to Miss Eyre's Refuge proportionate to the balance of revenue over expenditure in the Society's hands at the close of each year. An interim grant of $500 is being made

for 1907.

A return is attached shewing the accommodation of the Home, the number of the Staff, the number of women and children admitted during the year and the disposition made in each case.

Two hundred and forty-five (245) women, 57 girls and 14 sinall boys making a total of 316 individuals were admitted into the Home.

Miss EYRE, Miss FLETCHER and Miss PrrTs have continued their weekly visits, and supply of toys for the small children is kept up. A conjurer also has given a performance.

The matron, Mrs. HAMMOND, does her work conscientiously and well and so does the teacher. A new sewing-mistress was engaged in May but resigned at the close of the year, and it is proposed to see whether the sewing-lessons cannot be given by the matron herself.

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