CO129-184 - Governor Hennessy - 1879 [1-5] — Page 141

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with conlicensed prostitutes has not increased under it, and that it has done little towards Checking Siphilitic disease, such disease being in their opinion propagated rather from licensed than from centicensed

brothels.

it appears to me

may

be some

to tyrannize ove the inmates:

that the fact

On the other hand

g

this license

little chedd on the to

miscable form of slavery

which appears

to be

prevalent

Whateva be the Chinese views on

this subject, it appears to me,

that Gothel

The opinion of

the head haval Surgeon

(that

Slavery

of the military

Ssin

is contrary

to that of

the committel

man I cannot find

and tokile he does not appear to allow sufficiently for peculiarities off race

in

he adopts a higher tone a I think

respects a more practical one

many respects

than that of the Commission: Got be certaively scerns to thank that the effect of the Ordinance has been to diminish disease.

The question whether abrises and bils have arisen from this ordinance

in the affirmative

Must be answered

as regards the Brottele for Chinese there afpears Ground for thinking that the fact of hossessing a government

license gives the Reefers

of

Gothels an

undesirable status, and enables them

J

should no more be farmitted Hong Hong, bean debt slavery

As regards

.137 in

in Perak.

all bottels gross abrises appear

to have been practised by those charged

Crith

carrying

- Informes etc.

more revolting

out this ordinance Inspectors

I can

imagine nothing

than the custoon of giving

money to are man

In order to enable

him to call have intercorage with a woman in some conlicensed house

or other

to inform of it on

So ces and

the morrow.

Again numerond illegalities appex to have been practised Such as

the inmater

monking

·Calley

за

the sa

a bottel instead

arresting

Summ

having women

medi

examined who were not prostitute

seizing money in these unlicensed

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