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Enclosure 2 35295

TRECO

REG 24 SEP 03

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.

Hongkong,

13th August,

1902.

Report on Ordinance No...

11 of 190 3 .

I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, entitled

An Ordinance to prevent intrusion by persons other

than the servants of the occupier of premises into

the portion of such premises used as servants'

quarters

and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to

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the Governor's Instructions.

This Ordinance is intended to check the growth of the

habit at present largely indulged in by servants of introdu-

-cing, into the quarters provided for them by their masters,

outside coolies and others who in most cases pass the night

there. The result is that these servants' quarters are fre-

-quently overcrowded at night to an extent which renders the

occupier of the premises liable to be prosecuted for breach

of the law respecting "overcrowding",