W Ball
3247 Hong Kong
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There are cursions perpetrated. There seems to be a great difference of opinion among the officials at Hong Kong as to the expediency of licensing gambling houses. The Supt of Police and the Ch. Magistrate are against Sir J. B. who seems to think them
Swayed by the Esprit de corps of their
own subordinates, & these last by Chinese bribery. Other functionaries agree with him. But I do not see that there is much novel or special in the
arguments on either side.
Sir J. Ord. with his usual industry has collected a mass of information from the neighbouring settlements. It stands that the Dutch & Portuguese are
on his way of thinking. But as to the