So I gather then that from about 1880 the
Police
were nominally responsible for the preven
utur
done.
tom of gambling but that nothing
In 1886
a Commission enquired into the Poliza
Force; the whole affair
and
With
feebly conducted
against
accusations of receiving bribes made
not followed up.
The papers relating to the present scandal
are
being very voluminous
is briefly happensch is
312
but what has
as
follows.
Mr Frances 2. C received information from two
different quarters that extensive gambling was
being carried
Home
Chinese
Police were
The decision
as
$$$ regards gambling, see in g 4-7
on
of the Report (10535/86) & 5 of 5's Despatches
was generally speaking that it should
rigorously put
be
on at Wa Lane, Hongkong, and
the 16th June
he communicated this intell.
to Mr May. Me may had known that
igence
gambling what
in Wa Lave, but as
police
arrel
of
The Ordinance now in force
gambling is
Q
regards
raids
had
hoy of 91: reports on that
Ordinance up to the year 93 let us to
beleave
that Public Gambling
un
virtually
suppressed in the Colony, but unfortunatily
we
discover now that that is very far
from being the
care.
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only resulted in the
he had not thought very seriously of the matter
Cooliest. Me may called for special reporte
[luclos #D] in 18948 1897 from Inspector
Baker but nothing
much
calue
of them.
Gambhing.
On Monday 21st June the house
A
was extentified
of entered by Mr May who discovered
amongst
other
gambling paraphernalia
a