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would be
any peremptory paramount objection
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the
part of
the Crown, I think it not undesirable
to refer
to the subject in this despatch. As regards the Portuguese Settlement of Macao, whose condition most nearly approaches
our own
must
the
Governor writes to me that having introduced the system of licensing he has found
about two
years ago,
its workings in every respect salutary
and that independent of a yearly revenue of 12,000 Dollars* derived from the Licenses - the machinery for protection has served to regulate and
their
The Macao Farm is let at 1005 dollars per month - Its net
produce 1854-1855 was 11,170 Dollars-
and control otherwise uncontrollable
abuses, and that the licensed gaming houses have become great auxiliaries for the discovery, prevention and punishment of crime. That the Legislation of China which punishes Gamblers with corporal punishment and stigmatizes them with infamy has been in every respect imperative, having the slightest knowledge
More
China can
can Am
for
an instant doubt, There is not a Street without its
gambling tables, - perhaps not a single yamun or public Office in which gambling is not openly carried on for the profit of sundry Officials who
are induced by bribes
who are