CO129-188 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [5-6] — Page 336

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the bolory to do the same at

their eyes

the cost as I knew was inontable of offending the strong native feelings of the Chinese and of degrading. the women, and all this ~ apparently for purposes of prurient curiosity only. I

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cannot understand how His

Excellency has been satisfied with uncerely citing all thus two mouches after it came to his knowledge, and then only by compulsion, for ouutting of official invitations to Government Horise, and has

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as a reaso

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from the list

not immediately suspended

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not

As a matter of fact I plead

I guilty to the whole of it.

I can well understand Wat the Chuviese would for obrows

reasons

deeply recent the indiscriminate admittance of Europeans to their Brothels, and a Bye law though not so far as I know, the law itself prohibits

Reeper from admitting Europeans without the permission of the Registrar Several.

a

The Beye haw which was pacné

in 1873 runs as

follows-

" The Reeper of a Precinced Brother for persons other than Chinese "mmust not permit any male

Chemises

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