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Department and the war Office,
on the subject of
the measures
to be adopted for diminishing
the
drunkennese amongst Troops stationed in this colony
and expressing your wish that I should,
as
Grace's
as
For
practicable, give effect to
the enggestions made
for
the
accomplishment of so desirable
object.
an
I shall take
the measures
个
Care
that
Police suggested
in General Forster's letter
as
requisite for the good govemment
General Forster
to the under Secutary of State for War
171608 July 1861.
of
the licenced brog shops in
this Town, are
Indeed, they
only attended to.
are I find precisely
the regulations at present
supposed to be in force here; I but I fear that the expervision
of
the Police
over the Public
Stouses has not been
as
perfect
be. I
late as it might be
have accordingly called the
attention
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the Magistrates
and
the Perperintendent of Police to the
necessity of adopting every reasonable measure for maintaining
a
respectable class
7
Houses
of