APPENDIX 8
(See paragraph 49)
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%
1964-65 ...
21
41
62
51.2%
1965 - 66
21
32
53
65.6%
1966-67
22
21
43*
104.7%
* Including 7 disabled children admitted into the Aberdeen Rehabilitation Centre.
APPENDIX 9
(See paragraph 49)
ADOPTION ORDINANCE
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* 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Applications withdrawn or cancelled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
95
1964-65
1965-66
1966-67
120
117
139
121 216
161 281
***
150 267 147 286
84
121
103
107
2
35
43
25
22
26
121
164
128
- 133
95
117
139
153
* Analysis of Adoption Orders made by the Supreme Court:
Abandoned children
Illegitimate children
Adoptions by private arrangement
Legalization of Chinese customary
adoptions
1958-59 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67
23
19
24
16
***
4
5
3
3
37
82
70
85
20
15
6
3
75
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