CO129-055 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [3-5] — Page 165

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in regard to public houses - But- it would I think be difficult to argue that it would be more wrong in principle to tolerate gambling and by means licenses make it pay the cost highly useful in its operation. that it would be more that it is practically

They both say impossible to keep a community, of Chinamen from indulging in of of regulating itself, than to legalize it without deriving any income that court.

then darling vice. That the attempts made to do so have been complete failures and have no other practical effect than to corrupt & destroy the efficiency of the police which induces the Home Sort to appoint to measures seemingly

The alternative might be suggested of objectionable when carried abandoning the attempt & simply the local legislatures of Colonies possessing representative institutions may imposing regulations as it here done

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161 in regard to public houses - But- it would I think be difficult to argue that it would be more wrong in principle to tolerate gambling and by means licenses make it pay the cost highly useful in its operation. that it would be more that it is practically They both say impossible to keep a community, of Chinamen from indulging in of of regulating itself, than to legalize it without deriving any income that court. then darling vice. That the attempts made to do so have been complete failures and have no other practical effect than to corrupt & destroy the efficiency of the police which induces the Home Sort to appoint to measures seemingly The alternative might be suggested of objectionable when carried abandoning the attempt & simply the local legislatures of Colonies possessing representative institutions may imposing regulations as it here done
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161 in regard to public houses - But- it would I think be difficult to arque that it wo be more wrong in principle to tolerate gambling and by means licenses make it pay the cost highly useful in its operation. that it wo be more that it is practically They both say imposible to keep a community, of Chinamon from indulging in of of regulating itself, than to laterale it without deriving any income that cort. then darling vice. That the attempts from it to meet made to do so have been complete I confess that it appears to failures and have no other practical me that the same principle effect than to corrupt & destroy the efficiency of the police which induces the Home Sort to apont to measures seemingly The atternative might be suggested of objectionable when carried abandoning the attempt & simply the local legislatures of Colonies possessing imposing requlations as it here done representative institutions may
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in regard to public houses - But- it would I think be difficult to arque that it wo be more wrong in principle to tolerate gambling and by means licenses make it pay the cost

highly useful in its operation. that it wo be more

that it is practically

They both say imposible to keep a community,

of Chinamon from indulging in

of

of regulating itself, than to laterale it without deriving any income

that cort.

then darling vice. That the attempts from it to meet made to do so have been complete

I confess that it appears to

failures and have no other practical me that the same principle

effect

than to corrupt & destroy

the efficiency of the police

which induces the Home

Sort to apont to measures seemingly

The atternative might be suggested of objectionable when carried abandoning the attempt & simply

the

local legislatures of Colonies possessing

imposing requlations as it here done representative institutions may

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