Social_Welfare_Annual_Report_1963-1964 — Page 79

APPENDIX 13

(See paragraph 57)

OVERSEA ADOPTIONS

FIGURES FOR THE YEAR 1ST APRIL, 1963 to 31st March, 1964

Number of children found after investigation to be eligible for

adoption

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Number of children declared wards of Supreme Court

Number of children who departed for adoption oversea:

Wards of Supreme Court--

Abandoned children

Orphaned children...

Children released by parents

***

188

164

营

125

3

21

149

Other children known to the Department whose parents or

relatives gave consent...

U.S.A.

DESTINATIONS

119

27

21

***

6

New Zealand

***

Great Britain

Canada

Japan

睫

Taiwan

North Borneo (now Malaysia)

Germany

Netherlands

Indonesia

65

:

***

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2

1

1

1

1

1

31

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