APPENDIX 14
(See paragraph 67)
ABANDONMENT OF CHILDREN
FIGURES OF CHILDREN FOUND ABANDONED IN RECENT YEARS
Year
Male
Female
Total
Sex-ratio boys per 100 girls
1958 - 59
34
174
208
19.5%
1962-63
32
109
141
29.4%
1963-64
40
98
138
***
40.8%
1964 - 65
21
41
62
51.2%
APPENDIX 15
(See paragraph 67)
THE ADOPTION ORDINANCE 1956
FIGURES OF Local AdoPTIONS BY COURT ORDER IN RECENT YEARS
Applications for adoption pending on
1 April
Applications received during the year
Adoption Orders made by the Supreme
Court during the year*
Adoption completed in the United Kingdom Applications refused by Court
***
Applications withdrawn or cancelled
Total number of cases disposed of
during the year ...
Applications pending at end of year
***
***
1958-59
1962-63
1963-64
1964-65
95
138
125
120
121 216
199 337
138 263
161 281
84
173
122
121
1
2
35
36
21
43
121
212
143
164
95
125
120
117
Analysis of Adoption Orders made by the Supreme Court:
1958-59 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65
Abandoned children
23
29
27
19
***
Illegitimate children
4
8
9
5
Adoptions by private arrangement
37
93
65
82
Confirmations of Chinese customary adoptions... 20
43
21
15
79
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