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No. 264-1-T-20, dated Rangoon, the 11th April 1894. From-F. C. Gates, Esq., I. C. S., Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Burma, To-The Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department.
IN reply to your endorsement No. 141, dated the 22nd March 1894, I am directed to report that there is no special law in force in Rangoon or in any part of Burma regarding the regulation of brothels. A representation on the subject has recently been made to the Chief Commissioner, and three copies of the corre
spondence* are submitted for the informa- tion of the Government of India.
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*No. 2, dated the 9th February 1894, from the President, Rangoon Municipality.
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dated the 17th March 1894, to the President, Rangoon Municipality.
2. Complaints of kidnapping and of "bro- thel slavery" have been frequently made in Rangoon, but generally they have refer red not to Chinese women, but to women brought over from the Madras Presi- dency. In some cases of this sort convictions have been obtained under sec- tions 342, 343 344, 366, &c., of the Indian Penal Code."
3. Occasionally applications are made by the Government of the Straits Settlements to this administration to trace women alleged to have been forcibly removed to Burma for immoral purposes. Such enquiry is generally fruitless.
4. According to the last census there were 2,637 women in Burma whose birth-place was in China, and 8,765 women whose parent-tongue was returned as Chinese.
5. The above information is submitted as a reply appears to be required at an early date. The local officers in towns where the Chinese are numerous will be called on for further reports.
6. The original enclosures of your letter are returned.
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