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One

being a house of the lowest clalp of prostitutes, was M. Lockhart,

Young

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Civil Service Cadet, who had

- recently arrived from England, and is

still on probation.

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In addition to obtaining without

my authority or knowledge, the Government Struce Sergeant & Major doms,

this duty, ifor

Iss. berrard, the acting Pasistar beneral, asking him to order bergeant Whitiland,

Mr Wodehouse wrote to

an duspector of Brothels, to accompans, him to some Chinese Brothels. Gerrard states that Mr. Wodehouse's note

was

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es worded that it did not leave him

any room to refure it: expecially

Mr. Wodehouse had formerly been acting Reqjatiar beneral himself: but with

regard to the words in St. Wodehouses letter to your Lordship The acting,

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"Registrar general at once gave

the

"Mr Zerrard says "to_ "permision" Mr. Gerrard

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"I merely wat an order to Whitehead "as requested."

Through this

10.

this was

was clearly not

the sort of permipion or purpose contemplated by the Law, I give M. Wodehouse the full benefit of the courturation he places upon it. At the same time,

I can well understand M. Berrards

in the matter. Mr. Wodehouse difficulty

had been acting as the hand of to. Ganks