APPENDIX 12
(See paragraph 21)
CHILDREN FOUND ABANDONED IN RECENT YEARS
Year
Male
Female
Total
Sex-ratio boys per 100 girls
1958-59
34
174
208
19.5%
1968-69
14
19
33
73.9%
1969-70
14
11
25
127.3%
1970-71
19
13
32
146.1%
APPENDIX 13
ADOPTION ORDINANCE (CAP. 290)
LOCAL ADOPTIONS BY COURT ORDER IN RECENT YEARS
1958-59 1969-70 1970-71
Balance b/f on 1st April
95
257
239
Add applications received during the year
121 216 303 560 360 599
Less Adoption Orders made by the Supreme Court
during the year*
84
283
272
Refused by Court
2
1
Withdrawn or cancelled
35
51
37
33
Total disposed of during the year
121
321
305
Balance c/f on 31st March
95
239
294
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* Analysis of Adoption Orders made by the Supreme Court:
1958-59 1969-70 1970-71
Abandoned Children
23
19
12
Illegitimate Children
4
17
25
Adoptions by private arrangement
37
241
227
Legalization of Chinese customary Adoption
20
6
8
48
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