existence at the present time. It is true that during the past week in four stalls in the Chinese town tickets for a small kind of lottery called Aage Pa, were sold for a few hours, but the detectives, who have not the power of ubiquity, were unable to arrest the offenders. I trust that your Excellency will agree with this view, to which I have only referred because writers in the local press seem to think that the fact of Toge Pa tickets having been sold exhibits a flaw in the present system. I was unable to arrest any of the offenders.
Moreover, although it would have been their duty to make such arrests, the offence complained of seems little more criminal than the recent well-meant sale of lottery tickets for a diamond ring by the Sisters of Charity during the past few days in Wongtong. The arrests, yet I hardly think that those employed should be diverted from their more important labours of tracking congregations for gaming, in order to give their time and attention to what does very little harm.
3. The present system has now been working for six weeks. Much and more than usual attention has been given to it by the notification suppressing...