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probably be so worked as to do all that is reasonably possible to put down unregistered brothels or rather to make compulsory registration a reality in all cases.
also dealt with in the petition address. It is unfortunate that those documents are not accompanied by some definite reference to the facts upon which the conclusions put forward are based; such an appendix would be most valuable.
I have also read Captain Deane's suggestions pointing out the particulars in which he considers the law to be at present defective, and the remedies that he would propose.
If it is thought right to endeavour to put down the keeping of gaming houses and the dealing in lotteries by penal enactments, Captain Deane's suggestions indicate the direction in which legislation is necessary; and after considering them in connection with the existing law, I have prepared a draft Ordinance which would, I think, do what legislation can do to carry them out.
My own view is that already the machinery of the criminal law and the police force are far too extensively resorted to for the purpose of putting down gambling and lotteries.