THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH OCTOBER, 1868.
HONGKONG.
No. 80.
APPENDIX B.
DownING STREET, 30th April, 1868.
403
SIR, I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 439 of the 30th of January, respecting the regulation of Gambling Houses and the Revenue derived from them. The object of the Ordinance under which the Money in question has been obtained is the "gradual control and ultimate suppression" of these Establishments. This end must be kept steadily in view.
Your first step of regulating and licensing ought speedily to place you in full possession of the nature and extent of the gambling practised, and of the Classes who pursue it.
The next step I presume must be the organization of a trustworthy Police, sufficiently numerous to deal with this great evil which has hitherto defied your efforts to check it.
It is clear from your former Despatches that the bribery and intimidation of the Police has been the means by which your efforts have been mainly defeated. To combat these obstacles it is necessary that the Police should be too well paid to be under any great temptation to corruption, and sufficiently numerous in all its various classes to have confidence in its own strength, and to overawe the illdisposed from attempts at intimidation by the certainty of detection and punishment. And as the determined propensity of the Chinese to gambling and the Establishments which that propensity calls into existence render it necessary to maintain a Police far more expensive than would otherwise be required, I consider that the funds arising from the measures you have taken for the gradual control of the Gambling Houses by the licensing system may be properly applied to the organization and payment of that Force with which you are expected to accomplish the intention indicated in the Ordinance.-I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant,
Governor
(Signed,)
BUCKINGHAM & CHANDOS.
SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C. B.,
&c.,
&c.,
&c.
APPENDIX C.
COMPARATIVE QUARTERLY RETURN OF NUMBER OF CASES OF LARCENY BY SERVANTS
FROM 1865 тo 1868.
GAMBLING UNLICENSED PREVIOUS TO 15TH SEPTEMBER, 1867.
-
GAMBLING LICENSED SUBSEQUENT TO 15TH SEPTEMBER, 1807.
1865.
J866.
1867.
15th September to 31st December, 1667.
1st January to $1st March, 1868.
1st April to 30th June, 1868.
Convicted,
76
58
66
67
27
14
Discharged,
10
17
21
15
13
7
TOTAL,.
86
75
87
82
40
21
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
27th July, 1868,
APPENDIX D.
Comparative Statement of the Revenue from 10th October 1867 to 7th January 1868, under the "Stamp Ordinance 1866," viz., the first 90 days of its operation, and of the Receipts from 1st July to 28th September 1868, viz., the first 90 days of the operation of the "Stamp (Amendment) Ordinance 1868."
Note-The period from 1st July to 28th September is considered to be more productive of Stamp duty than that from 10th October to 7th January, on account of its comprising part of the principal Tea season.
Revenue for first 90 days under "Stamp Ordinance 1866.”
* $22,004.02
Revenue for first 90 days under "Stamp Increase of Revenue under Stamp(Amend- (Amendment) Ordinance 1808." ment) Ordinance 1868" for 90 days.
†. $23,219.33
$1,215.31