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my belief that the greater amount of trouble there has been of late years is owing to the innumerable brothels that have arisen in the Colony since the working of the Contagious Diseases Ordinance has been regarded as being hampered by the restrictions made against prosecutions of late years, and this, it will take a considerable time to recover from. Indeed, this state of things was so bad in the beginning of last year that even the Chinese of the respectable classes complained bitterly that they could not allow their boys to go from School without an attendant for fear of their being enticed into these houses.
The depravity of Chinese brought notice of this matter to the Administrator, I believe. Now that proceedings are being taken throughout to close the slates described, I have no doubt we shall see an improvement. The great...