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hearing&
it would cradicate the evil
root and branch and prevent its spread. But he
was won
himself about enquiring into.
busy
nts matters
out
of small importance: in matters of great moment; he only added fuel to the flames instead of trying suppress them. Even when Editions were presented to him clearly pointing ou I praying that he would notification for the suppression of the speculation in house property, he pigeon holed the petitions neither returning?
the evil and
issue a
then
ewering them,
and so matters have reached their
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present disastrous state. He had the power to suppress the speculation, requested to suppress it, but never did so. If he is not to be complained of, who then is ? If he is not to blame whose then is the,
to fault ? The instigators of the speculation were, as a
rule young
and reckless : the speculators, men of substance, but ignorant
- ignorant and inceperinced.
In addition to these, there was a class of paupers, who borrowed on all eides to whom success meant large gais
and whom
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there
worde
non-success would have
off than when they started. To thousands of dollars were
mere childs
play or
women's banker.
:they played and gambled with themians were dirt. The person in power,
if they .
even if the
matter had never been
discussed and
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petition presented, ought, on having enquired into it, to have given
given orders to his subordinates
to suppress it. Why should he have increased the evil by the encouragement
he
gave to it ? Governor Konnolly,
administration of the Government
during his.
affection for
showed great love and a
the Chinese people; and the his praises
were
-sunga
on all sides. But in this
matter