CO129-210 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [6-7] — Page 235

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226

in the

the

draft Ordinance

the Governor, but

as

recently sent home

by

has been pointed out in the

Registration of Brothels and their inmates in this Colony is based on other than sanitary grounds alone.

(9.)

I have shown in reports to the Registrar General that the clear explanation is that when one woman left a brothel another would be brought from the country, kidnapped or drugged, and made to answer to the name of the one who had left. It was obviously impossible for the Inspectors to remember the faces of so many women, but now each woman has her photograph duly registered at the Registrar General's office, and if the Inspector has any doubt as to the identity of the women, he can refer to the photograph. This gives tremendous power in the prevention of kidnapping and brothel slavery. Whilst the constant Police supervision prevents any woman from being kept in the houses who have not been examined before the Registrar General. Indeed, it was found necessary to adopt the system of photography for the purpose of identification to make sure that they had been examined as to their liberty before being registered - for it was found that when a wrong woman is in the house he asks for her photograph and identifies her.

Again, no child between the ages of 8 and 15 is allowed to be in a registered brothel, whether native or foreign, and as will appear from a report which I furnished in 1882 (p. 206). "Sly or unregistered brothels are the places where innocent women and young girls are fraudulently taken to and debauched - and where kidnapped women are...

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226 in the the draft Ordinance the Governor, but as recently sent home by has been pointed out in the Registration of Brothels and their inmates in this Colony is based on other than sanitary grounds alone. (9.) I have shown in reports to the Registrar General that the clear explanation is that when one woman left a brothel another would be brought from the country, kidnapped or drugged, and made to answer to the name of the one who had left. It was obviously impossible for the Inspectors to remember the faces of so many women, but now each woman has her photograph duly registered at the Registrar General's office, and if the Inspector has any doubt as to the identity of the women, he can refer to the photograph. This gives tremendous power in the prevention of kidnapping and brothel slavery. Whilst the constant Police supervision prevents any woman from being kept in the houses who have not been examined before the Registrar General. Indeed, it was found necessary to adopt the system of photography for the purpose of identification to make sure that they had been examined as to their liberty before being registered - for it was found that when a wrong woman is in the house he asks for her photograph and identifies her. Again, no child between the ages of 8 and 15 is allowed to be in a registered brothel, whether native or foreign, and as will appear from a report which I furnished in 1882 (p. 206). "Sly or unregistered brothels are the places where innocent women and young girls are fraudulently taken to and debauched - and where kidnapped women are...
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226

in the

the

draft Ordinance

the Governor, bub

as

recently sent home

by

has been pointed int the

Registration of Brothels and their inmates in this bolong is based on other than I Sanitary grounds alone_

(9.)

I have shewn in reports when

Registrae General that the clear explanation

who

-

woman left a brockel another would be brought from the country kidnapped or druged,

and made to answer the name

who had left. It was

of

the one

obvimuely impossible

the Inspectors to remember the faces of

for

01

many

women,

bub

wow

each

wont an

has her photograph duly registered at the

Registics General's office, and if the Inspector

to the

women,

propose to register themselves, others is a

has

amy

doubt that

of their freedom, of the Bracket

tremendous power in the prevention of kidnapping and brothel slavery. Whilst the constant Police supervision prevents any woman

from being Kept in the houses, who have not been. before the

General Indeed it was Registrar found recessary to adopt a exotime of photography for the purpose of identificatione

the

of

women to make

A

to make sure that they had

been examined as to their liberty before being

registered - for

it

was

found that when

w

a

wrong

woman is

is in

the house he asks for her photograph. and

at are

(10)

identifies her-

Agame

wo child between the

ages of 8 and 15 is allowed to be in a Registered

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and as will appear from

a

Foreign,

reporter which

I furnished in 206 p.) (1882. "Sly or unregistered

Brothels

and

are

the places where umocent women

young girls

are

fraudulently taken to

and debauched - and where kidnapped women

woman

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