robberies of Government stores here than I believe in any other part of the world. In spite of every precaution the most daring burglaries and the most ingenious frauds are of constant occurrence, and these are the more difficult to guard against in consequence of the Government storehouses and Yards being crowded up with a dense Chinese population. I have drawn attention to this because I understand that it is proposed by the Colonial Government to let a great portion of the ground to Chinese and the result will be that the settlement of Kowloon will become as bad as that of Hong Kong.
From this station more men are invalided from the effects of drinking and of venereal disease than from any other Station in the British Empire. The number of brothels in Victoria is excessive, whole streets of them exist, and to this
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and the most ingenions frands,
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proposed by the colonial Government to let a great portion of the ground to
Chinese and the result will be that the settlement
of Kowloon will become as bad as that of Honghong
From this station more men are invalided.
the
from effects of drinking and of venereal disease than from any other Station in the British Empire- The number of brog
in
shops sir Victoria excessive, whole streets of them exist, and to this
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