CO129-054 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [1-2] — Page 236

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cheated, and when they are cheated they are afraid to complain to the police because they hear they cannot get such satisfaction, and the only thing they can do is to quarrel, fight, make disturbance, thereby giving great annoyance to the public.

There is no regular law against gaming houses in Hong Kong. There are strict rules against gambling houses, in China and also to the Mandarins,

against gambling, if any complaint is brought before the high Officers about extortions of underlings or public officers, they will from strict attention to the complaint; have the keeper of the gambling house, or the person complained against brought up and punished severely.

Money is paid to all underlings and petty officers belonging to both the civil and Military departments, and sometimes to the Magistrate of the district too, but not to higher officers, and on that account complaints against them seldom reach the higher Mandarins.

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22 cheated, and when they are cheated they are afraid to complain to the police because they hear they cannot get such satisfaction, and the only thing they can do is to quarrel, fight, make disturbance, thereby giving great annoyance to the public. There is no regular law against gaming houses in Hong Kong. There are strict rules against gambling houses, in China and also to the Mandarins, against gambling, if any complaint is brought before the high Officers about extortions of underlings or public officers, they will from strict attention to the complaint; have the keeper of the gambling house, or the person complained against brought up and punished severely. Money is paid to all underlings and petty officers belonging to both the civil and Military departments, and sometimes to the Magistrate of the district too, but not to higher officers, and on that account complaints against them seldom reach the higher Mandarins. 23 231 The Copy was sent to Colonial Secretary.

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cheated, and when they are cluated they are apoid to samplain to the police because they hear they cannot yet

Kun such satisfarction _ and to the mily thing they can do is to guarrel, fight, make disturbance, there by giving great annoyance to the public.

There is no regular tous one gaming bittere any houses in bling. There are

regulon torador striet rules ganning houses, in Cluna pond - is to the Mandarins,

against youbing, if any complaint is "Roud before the high Officers about

or are the Suns parid querely the extortions off underlings art public officer

goutting, they will from strict attention the put the in "to the complaint; have the keeper of the youmbling line, or the person bring enuplained brought up and frimisted Jinnished But numey is pond as pes

severely.

to all underlings and pretty officers belonging to both the civil and Military departiments, and sometimes to the Magistrate of the district to, but us

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higher officers, and on that account complaints against Herve himwea seldom reach to the higher Mendarius.

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