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From or to whom
Colony.
No.
Despatch No., Lo.
Date:
Subject
Pago.
From or to whom.
No.
Colony.
Despatch No., &o.
Date.
Subject.
Page.
10
To Governor Sir C.
B. H. Mitchell.
Straits Set- tlements.
245
1895.
Ang. 12
States views on the various points raised in the memo- randum enclosed in No. 6.
13
19
Straits Settlements
Straits Set-
1897.
Nov. 8
42.
Association.
. tlements.
11
Governor Sir C.B.H.
Mitchell.
Ditto
395
Sept. 22 (Received Oct. 18).
Transmits for approval a draft Bill" to Consolidate and amend the Law relating to the Protection of Women and Girls."
14
20
To Governor Sir C. | Straits Set- (B. H. Mitchell tlements.
and the Officer Administering
the Government.
Hong Kong 45
35
1896.
12 To
Governor Sir
Ditto
138
April 15
Q. B. H. Mitchell.
Approves of the introduc- tion of the Bill enclosed in No. 11, but suggests certain amendments.
15-
21
War Office ...
Ceylon
13
Governor Sir C. B. H.
Mitchell.
Ditto
:
518
Nov. 24 (Received Dec. 21).
Transmite Ordinance
No.
15.
XVII., of 1896, consolidat- ing and amending the Law relating to the Protection of Women and Girls, and for the suppression of brothels, with 8
copy shewing the modifications made since the Bill was first Bubmitted to the Secretary of State.
21
1897.
14
China Association... | Hong Kong
May 31
Encloses telegram from the Hong Kong branch urging enforcement of the Con- tagious Diseases Ordinance.
20.
15
Governor Sir Wm.
Robinson.
Ditto
138
16
Ditto
Ditto
Confi- dential.
29.
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22 To War Office
Ditto
June 17
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
गय
Reference :-
RHC.O. 882
1898.
Feb. 18
June 13
Sept. 8 (Received Oct. 4).
Calls attention to the increase of venereal disease in the Straits, and suggests the re-enactment of the Conta- gious Diseases Ordinances.
Cannot sanction re-introduc- tion of system of com- pulsory examination of women or registration; but suggests measures for checking the spread of disease and the increase of brothels.
Transmita copy of a letter to the General Officer Com- manding in Ceylon as to the question of taking special steps for dealing with venereal disease, and asks that the Governor may be informed in order that he may co-operate with the General Officer Command- ing in the measures sug- gested.
Points out, in reply to No. 21, that any legislation in Ceylon on the lines of the new Cantonment Rules in India could only be applied to military towns, and states that no special legis- lation had hitherto been contemplated, as the re- turns show that the disease has not increased.
Transmita copy of Nos. 20, 21, and 22, together with C. 8401 and 0.8538; in not, aware that any necessity exists in Ceylon for similar legislation to that suggested in Hong Kong and the Straits for checking the spread of venereal disease.
remarks,
Transmits, with
Report of Committee ap- pointed to consider as to the measures to be adopted for checking the spread of venereal disease.
Transmita, with remarks, a representation from the Resident Coneral of the Federated Malay States, urging the desirability of ameliorating the wretched condition of the Chinese public prostitutes in the States.
48.
49
50
51
51
79
23
To Governor Sir J. West Ridgeway.
Ditto
179
June 17
30.
24 Acting Governor Sir Straits Set-
J.A. Swettenham.
227
tlements.
Ang. 5 (Received Sept. 1).
June 16 (Received (July 19).
June 30 (Received Aug. 7),
Transmits Ordinance No. 9, of 1897, consolidating and amerding the laws relating to the protection of women and girls,
Calls attention to the great increase in the number of brothels since the abolition of the registration system; recommends that the sys- tem be revived, and that power be given to restrict brothels to certain areas.
Transmite, with remarks, let- ters from the Hong Kong branch of the Association, representing the necessity for reviving regulations for the control of contagious disease.
Reports that the number of cases of venereal diseRTO admitted to the hospitals continues to increase, and expresses a hope that be- fore long the Colony may be allowed to take measures for dealing with the disease.
17
China Association.......
Ditto
Ang, 30
18
Governor Bir C. B. Straits Set-
H. Mitchell.
295
Sept. 1 tlements. (Extract), (Received Sept. 28).
25
42
High Commissioner Federated
Sir J. A. Swetten-Malay States. dential. ham.
Confi.
6
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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