N° 286
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RECEIVED
2 3 JUN 1930
OOL, OFFICE
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG
22nd May, 1930.
My Lord,
за
40259/23
I have the nonour to acknowledge the receipt
of Your Lordship's despatch No.47 dated 19th February and
in reply to inform you that the situation as regards known brothels is still the same generally as was reported in Sir R. E. Stubbs' despatch No.255 of 7th July, 1923.
2.
The number of known Chinese and Japanese
brothels in the Colony is today 222 and the number of
prostitutes 2,657. There are six known "foreign" brothels
with a total of 17 "foreign" i.e. non-Asiatic prostitutes.
The age at which women are allowed, on their
request and after enquiry, to practise as prostitutes in
known brothels in the Colony is 19 and upwards.
3.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
humble servant,
人
Leve
Governor, &c.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LORD PASSFIELD,
&C.,
&c.,
&c.