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th. Lucas
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I have not yet had time to go through the minutes I'm writing from the Ceylon, Straits and
despatches upon this subject, which are given at pp 51 to 105 of the accompanying print. The points involved are
complex.
Meanwhile I send this paper
that Mr. Chamberlain
may
decide whether
and this you
The enclosed
(1.83-7 Confidential)
he will give Mr. Gundry and has forwarded
unanimously
an interview.
I do not suppose
more
contained in
in
that they can say
intervention than in
the present and previous
memorials. When they called upon you,
they had nothing to suggest except the
introduction of
Registration of Brothels, and Compulsory Periodical
examination of Prostitutes,
Can regard the great increase in venereal
disease, without concern &
apprehension
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those who
and I have always been one regarded the abolition of registration of Brothels as
likely to let in worse slavery
But I understand Mr. Chamberlain is
not prepared to renew the C.D. acts or the registration of brothels
I
Still I think that it would be well if
Lord Selborne on his behalf
he
see
receive this deputation
Would
Messrs. Adamson
Gundry and those whom they represent are reasonable men who should be heard;
dealing
with
a
subject on
on which
feeling in the Colony is very strong & facts
and they
very
awkward
Jun
and Mr. Chamberlain has decided to disallow both these proposals
The last paragraph of Mr. Gundry's
letter is remarkable for its forgetfulness, The
ignorance, since the gravest abuses accused at Hong Kong
were reported in the
correspondence laid before Parliament in
1883. Since 9. Wingfield
Lord Selborne
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No one
The matter is a serious one.
Kimberley
th
in the Colony
G
Sea
CPL.
15. March
The two Associations represent a very
strong feeling in the two Colonies suffering that they
hit this was
decisions
4.1.C...
I daresay
liked to shake. Mothambutan,
not unreasonably Whose, for
an opportunity of stating their views through a deputation :
I am willing
Mr. Lucas
Enclosure 15 March
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How would Thursday 23rd March at one o'clock do
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