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gather from the wording of the last paragraph of clause (b) of the Protocol. I am not at all sure that excopt for the raising of the age to 20 in the case of procuretion offences contemplated by Article 1 of the Convention and flogging ales on a first pro- -curation offence that it is necessary that this Colony should alter materially its law in connection with the protection of wollen and girls which is as it stands, fairly rigorous and in some
respects confers larger powers on the authorities than is the care in Great Britain. I should feel inclined to sugest that copies of the following laws which are all more or less relative to the object of the Convention should be furnished in accordance with the articles contained in Section 5 of the Secretary of State's Dospalo under consideration and a request be made at the same time to the Secretary of State asking in what respects it is desired that this Colony should amend ita present laws. It appears to that,
al- -ways excepting the point as to the 20 years age limit, the law here is strictly satisfying the requirements of the Convention and although in some few details not quite so rigorous as in Great Britain, yet they are in other respects wider and probably well enough suited to local requirements. The following is a list of the laws:
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The Protection of owen and (irls Urdinance, 1897. To avoid referring to several amending (rdinances, it would probably be convenient to sond this Crdinance in the form in which it is printed in Pigot's Revised Edition or in ar. Alabaster's Proof, if it
is available; although I have not seen the latter.
However if this cannot be done, the Principal Ordi-
-nanoes embodied by Piggott in the Protection of
Women and Girls Crainance lu97 are the
Disorderly Houses Suppression Ordinance,lʊ94.
The Protection of Women and Girls Amendment
Ordinance, 1904.
The Protection of Women and Girls Amendment
Ordinance, 1905.