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Lord Stanley

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Sir Johne. Bouring in any Recremesing in pressing dis vieno upon the Gov? – It afknew form hapes annexed that he has made four distinct applications the authorved to license gambling. houses in Hong Kong, that he has received four distinct refusals and that his annexed Despatch 19 6th Jany 1850 in the tifth communication on the subject.

My

Scannot doubt that the real object in view

is to raise the revenue.

by the proceeds of cuck

9. Boring

the Town

In the first despated of this corresponstance died in unveils this by urging the beneficial application of these proceeds to the improvement of the Dr. Bridges arques for the license

more consecervedly

be wrong

an parely financial ground and uses the trange argument that "though it

fout a

and

enas

dou me

set that

to raise revenue from to the experiment at be tried provedid that the bria

of the sanction be applied & highly beneficent thut" 9252. pacze 7. without entering upon the question of principle if gambling-together with all the abominable

crime whit is admitted is attendant upon it in

Hong Kong – be legalised, I fear that the moral d the financial considerations will generally is found to be in Opposition, and that the

former will then be sacrificed - the profit to the local comes Landing, Gout beig

with

MAXÉ

Mr. Merivale. I have anneyed the former papers

Them

record

muthis quection _. The Menules upon. Predecaffer, if their Lordship thin the piston The vices entertacion by sford Stanleyp

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the subpiel. Aft 9/3.

This subject has bun 10 much

discussed in former minutes,

Lord Carnason.

Whist I will only add. the-

olgandion, that in Heay King the ordinary.

Iyym

English

the kindred

legislation in

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been defauhd

Kim: Ken Lavig been legalind &

repritered under an

Governor Sir

6 January.

Victoria, Hongkong,

1858.

J. Bowring

The Rt. Honble

Ht. Labouchere, M. P.

No 2.

1 Inclosures.

Received

Submitting

AL

Minula

Secretary Bridges,

Mr Acting Colonial

the

Fram bring Stouses in

question of licensing boy song

Hongkong.

what th

orthnance same toned after much deliberation.

I think it is peatly

repetted that his J. Bonning

shone & hold out pecuniary temptations.

lo concurrence in his crews:

This, at all serata,

English public opinion would not tolerate

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