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Whe contrary
I have
never written a
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despatch in which I have not regretted
that a policy justified by necefsity should
We encumbered with
any pecuniary gain,
because the latter affords to opponents of
that policy an opportunity to impurte to myself and
my
of those by which
Council motives the reverse
we are animated. If mere addition of Revenue had been
our
object, I should not have accepted $252000 as the Annual license fee instead of upivards of $340,000, which foffered.
was
actually nor would I have gradually
reduced the original $260,000 to $204,000,
during
the present
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at which it stands month. It is intended that these reductions
should still
до
on
cautiously till experience
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shews that I have reached the beundary line at which the easy acquisition of
gain may
induce the Licensees to relaxe
that vigilance
vigilance in supprefsing illequl hauses, and in complying
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complying with Government
Regulations, which is now
leave them
·
a
epential to
margin of profit When that line has been reached
and cannot be passed without Public detriment the general policy of dicensing
any Gambling houses must be admitted". by wery candid inquires to be freed from
all interested motives, unless it be contendect
unles
revert to
that a Government should opbouted a system tending to diminish the chance of suppifing the former iniquitous haunts of the lowest criminal clup,