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and the licensing by Government foren of Gambling there.
one
I received from Mr.
yesterday received
Lister the Acting Registrar General
copy of a letter ad
The Rev.?
J
addressed to him
Anderson
a
by
well known
and respected missionary residing at
Canton. Mr Anderson has I believe
no
The
objection to
my using information which he supplied
as
the result of his actual personal experience, and I therefore transmit a very full extract from his letter with
notes in red ink by
marginal
Sister
Aur
Mr Anderson's testimony proves the great extent of the practice of
gambling at Canton, whereby I do not
mean gambling in private houses or clubs, but gambling in regularly
established houses open to all comers, and of which are licensed by Government
me
this narrative of his
is
his own adventure
as a Making or rather paying Householder, determined to put down
gaming
in his neighborhood), is interesting:
I was at first much pleased
to find that a gentleman of his
experience
was
enabled to arrive at
the conclusion that public Gambling
could be thoroughly suppressed, till I had considered the
evil arts
which