private vice
Public Revenue
a
source of
but if
were strictly put into practice what would
this theory
become of the
£16,000
a
year
accrues
which
to the Hongkong Govt.
from the Opium Monopoly, and be the Revenue which is now derived from licensed
brothels. * See what follows as to appropriation etc.
a
growing feeling
There is amongst Europeans in the East in which, the Council often takes
Shares
in favour of
revival of
the tax
or
an
It is impossible to eradicate
which is really part
of a Vice
of
the Chinese nature - that
the laws in existence for the
Suppression of gaming do more harm than good as the power
it is put into
the hands of the police
they
illicitly extort
bribes and connive at
illicit
Gambling
The result is therefore
in this shape.
a
demoralized police, increased facilities for crime of every description, and the vice itself
Gambling.
as
This feeling arises I imagine
from
the fact
that it
is
unchecked
and
ever.
On the other hand by legalizing
Gambling there would arise
an orderly