In March last year Mr.
'Thomas, the then Colonial Secretary, appointed a commission, consisting of Sir Wilfred Woods, chairman; Mr. C. A. Willis and Miss', Piclon-Turber~ vill, to inquire into "the whole. ques tion of iui tso in Hongkong and Malaya."
The commission spent over two months in the Far East and their, report appeared, ubout a year after appointment, The majority report, signed by Sir Wilfred Woods and Mr. Willis, ap-Proved the systems obtaining in'both colonies, except that it had not been enforced in Malaya as strictly as in Hongkong. They recommended, how-fever, certain measures designed strengthen those in force, 'A minority report was written by Miss Pleton-Turbervill, who was "less satisfied than her colleagues with the existing state of affairs."
While admitting that their recom= mendations were "useful administra tive reforms," she wrote that she could "only regard them as wholly inadequate."
Her minority report urged the re= peal of the existing legislation in Hongkong and Malaya and the passing of new laws to ensure closer inspection of mul tsai and the rapid speeding up of the process for ending the mul teal practice—Reuter,
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