Lord Carnarvon
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Extract from a Despatch to Colonial Office
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Sir R. G. MacDonnell, dated the 22nd November 1866 - No. 84.
"With regard to the 17th clause under which the Governor of Hong Kong would have power to control, with certain limitations, the practice of Gambling, I have to observe that such a measure, viz., the placing of Gambling Houses under Government supervision, is open to objection.
Notwithstanding the special circumstances and the state of society to be found in the Chinese...