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to it

2. I am to state that this

causing the

Government also is similar enactment in force this Colony to be amended and

consolidated and as soon as

draft of the

new

Ordinance

the

has been

prepared copies will be sent for the information of His Excellency the

Administrator.

3. It is observed that in the~-

wito

Honghong Bill no attempt has been made to define a Brothel. No ver is given to enter or break unto a house suspected to be used as an unrigistered Krothel, but difpeulties have arisen in this leolony as to

what

adoptive in

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what constitutes a prothel, and therefore as to the excremmstances under which the specified officers

may exercise the special poroirs to be given proposed

во

to them under

Section 15 of the Bill. By Section 25 and throse following the Regerlian Several is to have authority to deal with individual prostitutes and such being the can it may not be objectionable to define a Prothel house or place when two or more women reside for the

: for the purposes of prostitution 4. With a inces

view

to giving all

As a

presible publicely to the fact that

main objects of the

one

of the

bezielation

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