Social_Welfare_Annual_Report_1969-1970 — Page 69

APPENDIX 14

OVERSEAS ADOPTION

FOR THE YEAR 1 April 1969 to 31 March 1970

A

No of children declared wards of Supreme Court... No of children who departed for adoption overseas

Wards of Supreme Court-

Abandoned children

Orphaned children

***

***

Children released by parents

***

*****

#

爾

***

**

Other children known to the Department whose parents or relatives

gave consent

No of children who departed for foster placement‡

Wards of Supreme Court-

Abandoned children

Orphaned children

Children released by parents

Total No of children left the Colony

United States of America

New Zealand

4*4

***

孩

Great Britain Canada

+

***

++

***

***

B

DESTINATIONS

***

:

***

13

0

23

25

21

37

36

1

37

骨

1

:

1

0

1

38

་་

31

2

1

4*

38†

* of the 4 children who went to Canada, 1 child was for foster placement under the

Canadian Sponsorship Programme.

† of the 37, 27 were placed with Chinese families and 11 were placed with Cau-

casians.

under the Canadian Sponsorship Programme.

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