of the local Revenue.

7. Notwithstanding the arguments Drich have adduced in its favour, I cannot consent to a measure repugnant to the principles which I think ought to characterize British Government as regards the raising of revenue by the licensing of Gambling Houses.

8. On the other subjects alluded to in your Despatch, such as the present state of Public Education, and the preservation of the Woods and Forests of the Island, I have addressed you in separate dispatches. I presume you will, when you address me again, make any special suggestions which you may propose for the suppression of Piracy, and the Establishment of a Botanic Garden.

9. In those of the measures to be taken subsequently, I have...

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