No.234.
Hongkong.
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[REG 2 NOV 05
Government House,
Hongkong, 30th.September, 1905.
sir,
I have the honour to submit for
the signification of His Majesty's pleasure Ordinance No. 7
of 1905 entitled "An Ordinance to amend the Summary Offences
Ordinance, 1845",together with the usual report of the At-
-torney-General thereon.
2.
The desirability of making solicit-
-ing by prostitutes a punishable offence was considered in
1899 but the evil was not then held to be sufficient to
require legislation. My attention was however recently
directed to the matter by articles appearing in both the
Chinese and English Newspapers of the Colony and I satis-
fied myself that it was desirable to strengthen the hands
of the Police by the provisions embodied in the Ordinance
now submitted.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C.,
M.P.,
800...
8cc.
I have the honour to be,
sir,
Your most obedient
Humble servant,
Governor, &c..