§ MR. HENRY J. WILSON (York, W.R., Holmfirth)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affiairs whether a Contagious Diseases Ordinance exists in Shanghai; and, if so, whether he will lay it upon the Table of the 684 House; whether it is the case that cards are given to the registered women, which are practically a licence by the Municipal Authority; whether girls under 15 years of age are registered as prostitutes; and whether, if the names of some such, girls alleged to be under 15 years of age be given to him, he will cause inquiry into the truth of the allegation?
*THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Sir J. FER.-GUSSON,) Manchester, N.E.Shanghai is a Chinese city, and Her Majesty's Government are not responsible for the police regulations. The regulations for the management of the foreign settlements at Shanghai were agreed upon by the British, French, and American Consuls in 1866, confirmed by the Ministers of those countries at Pekin, and approved by Order in Council. They contain no Contagious Diseases Ordinance.