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Question 3.

As will be seen from the legislation referred to

above, the law has been amended from time to time as the necessity has arisen, and this policy will doubtless be

continued,

As regards administrative action the subject is

one which receives the constant attention of the police

authorities.

Question 4.

A close watch is kept by the police on ships

entering and leaving the port with a view to preventing

breaches of the laws referred to above.

Question 5.

There is a constant interchange of Chinese betweer

the Colony and the mainland. Prostitutes, most of whom are

of Chinese race, are not an exception in this respect. They are attracted to the Colony by the demand which is accentu-

ated by the fact that many of the Chinese males in the

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Colony have left their women folk in the country.

They

are also less liable to extortion end other abuses in the

Colony than in China.

Question 6.

There are no such agencies in the Colony. Recruiting agencies generally are dealt with under the

Asiatic Emigration Ordinance.

Question 7.

In accordance with the provisions of Section 46

of the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, No.30 of 1915, all women and girls proceeding to places abroad are brought to

the Secretarist for Chinese Affaire and are there

questioned by a responsible European Officer to ensure that

they are going abroad of their own free will and to

prevent