J. play in this bolony
and
therefore it may appear presumptuous in a
officer
subordinate
to
like myself again advert to the question yet
I deem the matter.
of
o
much importance to this community that I prefer
incurring to remaining silenton it.
the risk of blame
The
experience obtained
when acting attorney-
General induced me to believe that sanctioning and controlling gambling would remove many of our most crying evils here
me
and
strengthen in a variety
of ways
the hands
of the
Excentive but the much
more extensive
and
intimate knowledge of the Chinese part of the community which has been forced uspon
" by my present tenure of
1
office convinces me that I had for no those advantages.
nanderrated
Did the matter simply
rest here I should not.
have deemed it.
tnecessary
to urge upon your Excellency now the propriety of mathing another appeal to the secretary