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ments can be made with the Inspector-General for their deputation. At the
cantonments, where there are British troops, some such arrangement must
be immediately made, if it be considered necessary at all. In Rangoon, par-
ticular control over the bazaar between the barracks and the Dhobies' tank, and
the bazaar near the cemetery, is needed. The spectacle of public women
located so near a road, which is a popular and frequented thoroughfare, is repulsive
in the extreme. The same remarks apply to the flagrant exhibitions visible in
many of the most public streets of the town. The location of the residence of
women who ply this trade demands closer regulation than at present exists.
The subject has been separately brought to the notice of the Town Magistrate.

    7. The weekly examinations of the women seem to have been beneficial,
and should be continued, as occasion arises, at every station where the Act or
rules are in force. The two concluding paragraphs of Dr. Fitzgerald's report
have the entire concurrence of the Chief Commissioner. The Cantonment Com-
mittees of Rangoon, Thayetmyo, and Toungoo should, accordingly, prepare a draft
rule to meet the case, and, after consideration, it will be forwarded for the sanc-
tion of the Government of India, under sections 17 and 18 of Act XXII. of 1864.
For the other stations where Act XIV. of 1868 is in force, Dr. Fitzgerald can
prepare the rule for final sanction by this Administration.

    8. The character of the disease and the per-centage of the registered women
in hospital during the year, are not very encouraging. The buildings used as
lock-hospitals are evidently such merely in name. In most, close confine-
ment is merely nominal, and the cases of escape cited from Bassein are not
very creditable to either the management or the designers of the building. The
Chief Commissioner trusts that this, among other matters, will benefit by the
diligent supervision which Dr. Fitzgerald has brought to bear upon the Depart-
ment, and for which the thanks of the Government are due. Disagreeable as the
duty is, it is one of such importance that it cannot be longer neglected. The
returns from Prome and Thayetmyo are misleading and incorrect, and in no
instance has much care been devoted to the compilation of statistics.

    9. The cost of the Rangoon Hospital in March and August, and of the
Moulmein Hospital in February, call for explanation. The Government of India
considered last year that the fact of no allowance being shown for the Bassein
charge was an omission. This has since been corrected.

By order of the Chief Commissioner,       

       C. W. STREET, MAJOR,

           Officiating Secretary.