powers given & the facilities for

enquiry in case

i insufficient you

!

doubt are

should

suggest

measures for giving greater powers

to the officers

in

question

14. I should also be glad to kuw

) whether it would not be desciabe

that liability should be attached

to the landlord of premises ured

as a brothel, the keeper of which

has been concrcted of breaking the law.

20. Any

cases

of cruelty practised by

the brothel heepers

of the brothels

ow

the inmates

Law,

I presume, be

adequately dealt with under the

existing

Law. I shall be glad

to know whether or not you

DRAFT.

Mr.

Mr.

MINUTE.

Mr. Antrobus.

Mr. Cox.

Mr. Lucas.

Mr. Graham.

Sir E. Wingfield.

Earl of Selborne.

Mr. Chamberlain,

Share this view.

21

J

Al

informed

al Singapore,

howas,

a

129

that there is

as in other large

class

of

mew

livring

upon the earnings of prostitutes,

I accused to treat these women

with brutality. I am not aure

whether this wire is prevalent

in Hongkong

ash

but

if

so I would

to consider whether it

you

is feasible

to

legislate

on the

lines

of

the Imperial Vagrancy Act

of 1898 (68862 he caf. 34) which

imposes a severe

penalty

a make person habitually living

1

}

Share This Page