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Minute by
the
Registrar General
The petition now submitted was handed to me by Or No Mai and two Wei Yuk, representatives of the Chinese Community. Both these gentlemen have been educated in England, and both are Justices of the Peace of this Colony.
As will be seen, the petition is stamped with 1159 seals and signed by 17 influential persons. From various sources, I have learned of the great evil of gambling