Nongtong
No.
18604
184
DESPATCH
13604
Rec'd
Rad: 22 SEP 1930
& 8 (30,4108) 6000 1-88
Governor,
No.
(Subject.)
Protection of Women & Girls
1890
18 Aug
Last previous Paper.
Jos
Forward with remarks
Chinese memorial complaining of some
17712 of the provisions of the ordinance
(Minutes.)
W. Branstin
Au
Sw. Straitsc
further.
307 327 da
sbe
ext subsequent Paper.
19597
See also minute
12223, 17212
+19597.
In Debates in
Kiis subject
of
26 J Chinese
than
are reported in Hanything D. Pen Case
only. The question whether a
according to the laws & customs of his land may
one
have more
wife is not quite clear. But I gather from various sources, including the present Chief
and a Missionary Justice of Hay
(Lima) that it is pretty generally agreed that a Chinaman
have one
wife but that he may
have concubines.
The concubine, if no children, is treated with
Considerable respect & kindness,