of this, might have been conceded and with the help of the Stamp duty have enabled the Colony to right itself—especially if Your Grace decided to sanction the policy of establishing a limited number of licensed Gambling Houses, each license costing a sufficient sum to render certain the suppression of gaming elsewhere and the consequent removal of all opportunity for further corruption amongst the Police.
6. All these considerations, each of them extremely important, rendered me naturally anxious, if possible, to defer the compilation of the Estimates, till receipt of more exact information. Time, however, passed by and could not be regarded as definitively decided on these questions when the end of August was approaching. Even the residue of the Material for starting the Stamp Ordinance had not been then received. Nevertheless, it was clear that I could no longer defer the Estimates and, preparing accordingly, I did the best I could with so many disturbing elements to derange my calculation, and on the 30th Ultimo submitted the enclosed Estimates to Your Council.
7. Your Grace will observe from