in their houses for violating certain Laws, including those against using a house for illegal gambling purposes.
6. I introduced that Legislation after much deliberation, as being on ancient Saxon basis and principles more or less adopted in English Law. I did so also because it is of still more general and extensive application in China, where assurance and guarantee from the heads of provinces may be regarded as a means which the Imperial Government even now possesses for ensuring obedience to its laws.
7. Thus if the new system of suppressing gambling by a high and competent Officer, aided by a small well-paid body of assistants, without any interference of the Police, be hereafter found insufficient, there will remain an unexhausted resource, and ample scope for strengthening the preventive measure by rendering still more stringent the responsibility of Landlords for the acts of their tenants. There can be no pretence for speaking of failure in this...