..

2

th. Lucas

finish

are

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

146

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

14/3

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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