It is of immense interest to the Government of this Colony. I therefore drew the attention of Messrs Smith and Deane to that article, as comprising all that could be brought forward against the probability of the present system.
For reasons regarding the present system is less likely than the old to lead to undetected corruption of the parties immediately employed to hunt up and succeeding, and directed them to bear it in mind, when transmitting reports on the subject of Gambling in their next reports.
7. They have accordingly done so, and I invite Your Lordship's special attention to Mr. Smith's report, as he goes thoroughly into the probabilities of success or failure of the present experiment. He also dwells fairly on the many special difficulties.
Vid. Enclosure No. ... establishing new attempts to report on Gaming houses.
8. Mr. Smith's report aptly illustrates the difficulty of solving problems of Executive Administration and Public Policy by conclusions adopted from plausible but insufficient knowledge of the whole question at issue. Thus the advantage of employing a few licensed Chinese detectives in the Police could not be apparent with a limited knowledge of the past history of the Colony, or of...