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    "Page 4 of this Correspondence shows that an ordinance was passed
    in 1899, imposing very heavy fines and imprisonment on any keeper
    of a brothel who allowed any of the inmates suffering from
    contagious disease to remain in the house. This has led to a
    system of private arrangements with medical men for the periodical
    sanitary inspection and treatment of the inmates.

    "At page 19 the Acting Colonial Surgeon says: 'A large number of
    Japanese houses had some time before made private arrangements
    with my partner, Dr. Mugliston and myself, for medical attendance,
    and the rumor regarding the intended legislation induced most
    of the remainder to follow their example during the month of
    September. The increase of Japanese inmates (of the hospital) for
    this month, therefore, was caused by our sending in those cases
    of disease then found among these fresh houses.' Paragraph 4, the
    same page, says: 'With regard to the Chinese women we already had
    long had a number of Chinese brothels to attend professionally;
    during September of 1899 a large proportion of the remainder made
    similar arrangements with us.'

    "It is difficult to say positively what the precise nature of
    these transactions is, but it is only too evident that the
    acting Coloni