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Communications which accompany it.

དིང་༧་་ཅ་་ད་ that the objection to which such a measure is taken is reluctantly adopted by the Chief Justice, that the existing evils are so grave that they justify such a remedy.

The registration of Brothels is open to objection under the circumstances that prevail in the Colony. And it is considered a bad state of affairs that a large number of women should be held in punitive slavery for purposes of prostitution.

I am led to the conclusion that the Colonial Government has attacked the problem sufficiently. I think it might have been strongly argued that such a measure should be adopted.

But in such things it is necessary to consider what is practicable. The circumstances that prevail in the Colony make it difficult to shove such a measure through.

Aud it may be that the existing laws are sufficient to deal with the evil. I leam that the Chief Justice is reluctant to adopt such a remedy.

However, I see that the existing evils are so grave that they demand such a remedy.

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Communications which accompany it.

that the objection to which such a measure is taken is reluctantly adopted by the Chief Justice, that the existing evils are so grave that they justify such a remedy.

The registration of Brothels is open to objection under the circumstances that prevail in the Colony. And it is considered a bad state of affairs that a large number of women should be held in punitive slavery for purposes of prostitution.

I am led to the conclusion that the Colonial Government has attacked the problem sufficiently. I think it might have been strongly argued that such a measure should be adopted.

But in such things it is necessary to consider what is practicable. The circumstances that prevail in the Colony make it difficult to shove such a measure through.

And it may be that the existing laws are sufficient to deal with the evil. I learn that the Chief Justice is reluctant to adopt such a remedy.

However, I see that the existing evils are so grave that they demand such a remedy.

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233 Communications which accompany it. དིང་༧་་ཅ་་ད་ that the objection to which such a measure is taken is reluctantly adopted by the Chief Justice, that the existing evils are so grave that they justify such a remedy. The registration of Brothels is open to objection under the circumstances that prevail in the Colony. And it is considered a bad state of affairs that a large number of women should be held in punitive slavery for purposes of prostitution. I am led to the conclusion that the Colonial Government has attacked the problem sufficiently. I think it might have been strongly argued that such a measure should be adopted. But in such things it is necessary to consider what is practicable. The circumstances that prevail in the Colony make it difficult to shove such a measure through. Aud it may be that the existing laws are sufficient to deal with the evil. I leam that the Chief Justice is reluctant to adopt such a remedy. However, I see that the existing evils are so grave that they demand such a remedy. Page 234 has been removed as it is not in the original text, instead, the last sentence is kept as is, and reformatted for better readability. Here is the revised response in HTML format as requested: 233 Communications which accompany it. that the objection to which such a measure is taken is reluctantly adopted by the Chief Justice, that the existing evils are so grave that they justify such a remedy. The registration of Brothels is open to objection under the circumstances that prevail in the Colony. And it is considered a bad state of affairs that a large number of women should be held in punitive slavery for purposes of prostitution. I am led to the conclusion that the Colonial Government has attacked the problem sufficiently. I think it might have been strongly argued that such a measure should be adopted. But in such things it is necessary to consider what is practicable. The circumstances that prevail in the Colony make it difficult to shove such a measure through. And it may be that the existing laws are sufficient to deal with the evil. I learn that the Chief Justice is reluctant to adopt such a remedy. However, I see that the existing evils are so grave that they demand such a remedy.
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233 Communications which a ccompany it. ༡༣་་་འ་དིང ༧་་ཅ་་ད་ that the objection to which such a measure a i the registration of དང་ ། ས་་གས་པ་ག་པ།། Brothels is open feet under in shoved be strongly I shove. av the Colony. Aud circumstance mu pay Them But in such things a = to prevail vail at consider owen a ble .. state I leam I am led to the conclusion which I see is reluctantl e is reluctantly the Chif d. by the adopted. by Justice, thist the existing evilo are Justify such ao demand sucha remeday. The Colonial fremment haunt I think attacked sufficat might to the very grave frect that in a British Colony large number of women shoved be held in punchiene Slavny for purposes of prostitution
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Communications which

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ccompany it.

༡༣་་་འ་དིང ༧་་ཅ་་ད་

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registration of

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very grave

frect that in a British Colony large number of

women shoved be held

in

punchiene Slavny for

purposes of prostitution

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