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Enclosure 2 35295
TRECO
REG 24 SEP 03
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
Hongkong,
13th August,
1902.
Report on Ordinance No...
11 of 190 3 .
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, entitled
An Ordinance to prevent intrusion by persons other
than the servants of the occupier of premises into
the portion of such premises used as servants'
quarters
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to
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the Governor's Instructions.
This Ordinance is intended to check the growth of the
habit at present largely indulged in by servants of introdu-
-cing, into the quarters provided for them by their masters,
outside coolies and others who in most cases pass the night
there. The result is that these servants' quarters are fre-
-quently overcrowded at night to an extent which renders the
occupier of the premises liable to be prosecuted for breach
of the law respecting "overcrowding",