CO129-054 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [1-2] — Page 231

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All AI Reviewed

(Cohen)

In 329

226

A description of the Chinese modes of gaming, but the principal ones conducted in their Colony, are

1st. Playing cards of paper 木牌 or 紙牌

2nd. Dice and spinning dice

3rd. Lotteries.

4th. Puzzles, called 字花

5th. Fantan, called 番攤

The degree of participation extended by gamblers, of the lower class chiefly, to gamble is very great, in all the common gambling houses they play almost nothing but this game. Large sums of money are lost or won in a short time; in fact, a person may gain or lose any amount he likes to put down, if the keeper accepts it, in a game which takes only 2 or 3 minutes.

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(Cohen) In 329 226 A description of the Chinese modes of gaming, but the principal ones conducted in their Colony, are 1st. Playing cards of paper 木牌 or 紙牌 2nd. Dice and spinning dice 3rd. Lotteries. 4th. Puzzles, called 字花 5th. Fantan, called 番攤 The degree of participation extended by gamblers, of the lower class chiefly, to gamble is very great, in all the common gambling houses they play almost nothing but this game. Large sums of money are lost or won in a short time; in fact, a person may gain or lose any amount he likes to put down, if the keeper accepts it, in a game which takes only 2 or 3 minutes.
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12

އ

(Cohen)

In 329

226

Adeveription The Chinese hove a great many moder

different

13

notes forming of gaming, but the principal on mely render

in

Conducted wet conducted in their Colony, are

His

estory.

1# # playing cards of paper

wood $34

紙牌屹

2nd. Dice and ffimming dise

3rd Lotteries.

spinning

4th Puzzles, called & i

字花

5th bask in 4, called THL

The desue of The degree of partimage extended

extended by Gamblers, of the lover class chiefly, to

Gamblew to

laust think the latter, is very great, in all the common gambling houses they play almost nothing but this gorme Longe summer of Mumay

on lost sin leve them

Con

ver

be obtained.

lime, in fret

a perem may gain or love any amant be likes to furt doon, if the keeper_

me

accepts it, in

game which takes only 2 or 3 Minutes. The extent of the

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