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it be

-prohibited by then own laws.

11. that the Gambling Farme subzerves purposes of Police, and

12. that it is

£

theirselves.

agrecable to the Chinese

The minor, but still very important, point of Revenue is not much put forward, but is frequently allused to in the papers of which the foregoing

is an abstract =

(Signed)

W. Z. Mercer. Colonial Secretary

Colonial Secretary's office,

21th September 1955

Ime Copy

Colonial Secretary

Слагород

crawford.

(Copy)

denifers

Memerandum

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I empers that I do not attach- mucle importance to the objection supposed to exist at common law

as stated by Six Ralph Riive, (Synopsis, ver, the Licensed Gambling

houses in the Straits Settlements.)

of gaming be an indictable mistuce low, it must not be

at the communion

Ctneerus on

leno

forgotten that the prevent question__

-prepucation to isluch that never intended to apply. But Sam strongly of opinion that apart from the circumstance always started by the text writers ava 1. t in the offence, ingredient in the

Me ees v

evvary

of sille and disorderly people reverting

together to game, on indictment did

not lie at the

gamestere

common low

low organist