with it
from
in the subject'; pro
Inbych,
which it appears
that
the Prince of Leonide
would not be assembled with Shaitai as the place of Transportation for Chinese Criminals.
The discussion of MM. Fort on this point will be postponed until they
shall be in possession of your Report on the
proportions of the front
Ledger.
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145
974 Hongkong
My Lord,
AM 5 1040
JUNE 3 1845
78
Victoria, Hongkong,
3d February,
1845.
In further pursuance of my
previously announced intention to report upon such of the Ordinances as have been forwarded without particular comment and notice since my
arrival,
I proceed to Ordinance No 14 of 1844, entitled "An Ordinance for the suppression of Public Gaming in the Colony of Hongkong
alone
This has
special reference to the Chinese population, whose gambling
propensities if allowed to be indulged, are productive of the usual results of this vice, giving rise to crimes of a desperate character.
The Right Honorable,
Earl Stanley,
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