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utter inefficiency of existing Legislation to check or control it, the number of Known, and the probable existence of a greater number of unknown gaming Houses, the irregularities, offences - and crimes, which are too frequently associated with these haunts of depravity, have often excited the solicitude of the Colonial Government.
Some time ago I desired an interview with the Chief and Assistant Superintendent of Police, and I received, after much discussion, the distinct impression that they admitted the inability of the police to put down existing abuses, and thought that a system of License, or registration, by which a limited number of houses should be openly and avowedly authorized, and the owners of such houses thus interested in suppressing all illegal competition, would be the most satisfactory mode of dealing with the question.
On the 27th June I sent letters, which I have the honor to forward copies of, to the following gentlemen,- Mr Bridges, Acting Attorney General; Mr. Hillier, Chief Magistrate; and Mr. May, Superintendent of Police; and I confess I was somewhat surprised at receiving from the Superintendent of Police the reply (dated 10th July) which accompanies this Despatch.
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