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would be
any peremptory paramount objection
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the
part of
the Crown, I think it not undesirable
to refer
to the subject in this despatch. As regards the Portuguese Settlement of Macao, whose condition most nearly approaches
our own
must
the
Governor writes to me that having introduced the system of licensing he has found
about two
years ago,
its workings in every respect salutary
and that independent of a yearly revenue of 12,000 Dollars* derived from the Licenses - the machinery for protection has served to regulate and
their
The Macao Farm is let at 1005 dollars per month - Its net
produce 1854-1855 was 11,170 Dollars-
and control otherwise uncontrollable
abuses, and that the licensed gaming houses have become great auxiliaries for the discovery, prevention and punishment of crime. That the Legislation of China which punishes Gamblers with corporal punishment and stigmatizes them with infamy has been in every respect imperative, having the slightest knowledge
More
China can
can Am
for
an instant doubt, There is not a Street without its
gambling tables, - perhaps not a single yamun or public Office in which gambling is not openly carried on for the profit of sundry Officials who
are induced by bribes
who are
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would be
any peremptory paramount objection
12
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the
part of
the Grown, I think it not undesirable
to rifer
to the subject in this despatch. As regards the Portuguese Settlement. of Macse whose condition nuort nearly approaches
our own
must
the
bovernor writes to me that having introduced the system of licensing he has found
about two
years ago,-
it's workings in every respect calutary
бра
and that independent of a yearly revenue of 12,000 Dollars * derives from the Liccuses - the machinery for protection has served to regulate and
their
The Macas Farm is let at 1005 dollars per month - Its net
produce 1854-1855 was 11,170 Böllars-
and control otherwise uncontrollable
abrices, and that the licensed gamning houses have become great auxiliaries for the discovery, prevention and punishment of crime. That the Legislation of Chiun which suits Gamblers with corporal punishment and stigmatizes them with infung has been in every reepest insperative, having the slightest. Knowledge
More
China can
can Am
for
an instant doubt, There is not a Street without its
gambling tables, - perhaps not a single yamun on public Office in which gambling is not openly carried on for the profit of Sundry Officials who
are induced by bribes
who are
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