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VI.—How far the registration has been efficient, to what class it extends, and over what area.

    The number of registrations among the Natives is much the same as
 last year, but among the Europeans it has increased very much. Below is the
statement compared with past years :—

Thus the Europeans have increased by 18 and the Natives only by one.
Mr. Thurgood thinks the practice of inspecting the steamers coming from the
Madras coast may have deterred some.

    During the year more names have been struck off, so that the number of ,
women on the register on the 31st December 1880 is much less than on the pre
vious year. Below is the detailed statement :—

Thus there are only 417 on the register on the last day of the year, against
476 on the last day of the previous year.

    The Europeans are in excess of the previous year, but the number of Natives
is much diminished.

    Most of the Native women are Telinga women, all apparently of a low type.
During the year there were a few Burmese, but not so many as might have been
expected. The number on the 31st December 1880 amounted to 81.

    The area over which the Act extends is about 22 square miles, and consider-
ing the number of the inhabitants and the area, it can hardly be expected that
registration should be as complete and efficient as it might be if the detective
system was more extensive : at the same time unregistered women know that it
is very difficult to prove them such; but nevertheless, as far as it goes, it must do
a great deal of good in preventing the spread of disease. One may imagine what
would be the case if 400 women were allowed to practice prostitution without any
medical supervision at all ; it has also the good effect of making the women keep
themselves cleaner ; they are at the best a dirty lot, but without any supervision
in their dirty state the venereal diseases would assume the most virulent and
destructive forms.

VII.—Whether registration fees have been levied, and at what rate.

    There are no fees now levied on prostitution. Fines during the year have been
levied to the amount of Rs. 1,439-2-0 ; of this amount, Rs. 727-2-0 were levied by
the medical officer for breach of hospital rules and Rs. 712 by the Magistrate. When
I took over charge the discipline was by no means good, and too much freedom had
been allowed to them ; they seemed to think they could do pretty much as. they
liked and use rather bad language. It was some time before they could be got
in hand, and they had to be fined pretty frequently until they saw they would
receive no quarter. Lately they have become more tractable, and only fines to
the amount of Rs. 3 were levied in December for breach of rules.