within the Colony of Hong Kong-
I also enclose the Attorney General's opinion thereon.
2. In no Colony are stringent sanitary regulations more urgently required than here- and I trust the provision made (Section xs) for appointing a Medical Inspector for such sanitary purposes, especially the seizure of adulterated food and liquors, will be attended with the best results, especially to the health of the Sailors and soldiers who frequent the grog shops.
3. The most important portion, however, of the ordinance is that which applies to gaming, a vice which is incurable in the Chinese, and which, despite all laws, flourishes in every street, and the attempt at suppressing it has hitherto only given a character of guilt to the practice - whilst it has opened a door to the corruption of Government officials, especially in the Police, which from the first has been a canker destructive to the morality and efficiency of this force.
4. Corruption has spread, and the amount of bribes which the Chinese women offer to secure immunity for gaming practices may be inferred...
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has been re-formatted towithin the Colony of Hong Kong-
I also enclose the Attorney General's opinion thereon.
2. In no Colony are stringent sanitary regulations more urgently required than here- and I trust the provision made (Section xs) for appointing a Medical Inspector for such sanitary purposes, especially the seizure of adulterated food and liquors, will be attended with the best results, especially to the health of the Sailors and soldiers who frequent the grog shops.
3. The most important portion, however, of the ordinance is that which applies to gaming, a vice which is incurable in the Chinese, and which, despite all laws, flourishes in every street, and the attempt at suppressing it has hitherto only given a character of guilt to the practice - whilst it has opened a door to the corruption of Government officials, especially in the Police, which from the first has been a canker destructive to the morality and efficiency of this force.
4. Corruption has spread, and the amount of bribes which the Chinese women offer to secure immunity for gaming practices may be inferred...
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is removed as it is a comment and reponse is revised towithin the Colony of Hong Kong-
I also enclose the Attorney General's opinion thereon.
2. In no Colony are stringent sanitary regulations more urgently required than here- and I trust the provision made (Section xs) for appointing a Medical Inspector for such sanitary purposes, especially the seizure of adulterated food and liquors, will be attended with the best results, especially to the health of the Sailors and soldiers who frequent the grog shops.
3. The most important portion, however, of the ordinance is that which applies to gaming, a vice which is incurable in the Chinese, and which, despite all laws, flourishes in every street, and the attempt at suppressing it has hitherto only given a character of guilt to the practice - whilst it has opened a door to the corruption of Government officials, especially in the Police, which from the first has been a canker destructive to the morality and efficiency of this force.
4. Corruption has spread, and the amount of bribes which the Chinese women offer to secure immunity for gaming practices may be inferred...