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Legislation, and it is a
germ
which
I trust will not flourish until the
Chinese System of Kap, abandoned by
us 10 years ago, supersedes
our
English
System
now well established in the
Colony and most ably and successfully
worked by the Registration Department
Signed) Julian Pouchelle, Attorney General
Hong Kong 21st April, 1869.
True Copy
Gordon Martin
C.
Colonial Secretary
溟诚德恒慕
威信和隆
Sz Shing Tak Hang Tai Kat String Sum Wo Fung Cheung Chung
"The above Chinese Characters are the names
of Six establishments in the Kwang Tung Province for the carrying on of a species of gambling Known As
"Mai-Sing". (1) Kat Cheung- (2) Tai-Cheung (3) Hang Fung (4) Tak-Wo (5) Shing-Sun (6) Sz-Shing.