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where the barracks are in the

streets and soldiers and sailors

range freely, equally with the Chinese, over the whole city.

I transmit herewith

4.

the drafts of our two most recent bills. Of these the one dated 14th September, 1898, deals solely with venereal disease,

while the other dated 28th Octo

ber, 1878, attempts to treat ve_ nereal as one of several in- fectious or contagious

contagious diseases. first draft is that which

The

commends

Enel: 142

with 6 spare copies of eath.

90

commends itself to the Excou tive Council and myself, but neither bill seems to promise | great relief.

5.

As for the question

brothel slavery by

suppressing

am

means short of registration I of opinion that Ordinance 9 of 1897 (The Protection of Wo- men and Girls Ordinance) tends as far as possible to ~ suppress this evil and that the ease with which women can communicate with the

Police

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