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have
now be report the action taken in obedience to the views of Her Majesty's
Government on this matter.
Z.
I was able at an earlier date
than had been unticipated to make the
change necessary for giving effect to Your Lordship's instructions in regard to the mode of issuing fresh Licenses as
Wo-Hang- the Firm holding the Licenses under) The old system found it convenient
give notice
notice of their desire to throw
to give up the Licenses
did not
profils did not,
on the plea that their
+ remunerate them for the
expenses attending the undertaking. I
pressionaly
aware.
of the fircuniary
failure of the speculation, as it invest
recessarily always be so far as regards
The holder of the Licenses for the time being
and under other circumstances I would
perhaps have made a proportionate
the feer
as I learnt from
reduction
f
the weekly exports of the Government Vuspectors and from other sources information that the number of persons frequenting the licensed Honses had
decreased or in other words that
Gambling generally haut diminisheel. Your Lordship's directions, however, were peremptory, and this Government
thereby obliget to mowr the risk,
of procuring by lottery
comparatively inexperienced
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the dulie's connected with
the Licenses
:
10.