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dangerous class, not all a beolutely -riminals but all prepared to be so at a very slight temptation and all of them occasional violators of the law. The Governor of Macao

Macas having informed mes personally that £10,000 per annum would be given for the privilege of the gambling farms in this Colony " must presume that tomake the payment of such a premium profitable investment there awat hast 20,000 gamblers in the Colony allowing a profit of 10% per heads upon that number. Gambling

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necessarily involves thieving

and nice of every description. What is the amount and qualit of the Police that the Coloniz possesses to deal with this amount of achial danger ? About 50 Europeans, 150 Indians, Portuguese, Malayseter and yo Chinese . There may be 10 of the Europeans who are not accessible to briber, of the remainder of the whole force

• Jam compelled to believe that if they are not actualliggen pay of the gambling houses they are always ready ands willing to be bought and

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