CO129-080 - Sir Robinson - 1861 [1-3] — Page 232

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testimarials, and I respectfully beg patient perusal of the documents ~ themselves. In Connection with this subject; I umed beg to add a few particulars of

detail, which do not come within the- Scope of the Certificates alluded to. In the commencement of my career I

to the sturdy of the local

devoted myself

Chinese dialect, and in a reasonable time

was able to speak it tolerably. This key

opened to me stores of practical

which enabled me on

many

information,

and a

Knowledge of Chinese

affairs,

occasions to be of Service to Government- beyona my Compeen, being frequently

honored with commands to Report Subjects engaging the attention of the ~

on!

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Governor and Legislative Council. Amonget other subjects I may mention, the Opium Farm; Government Schools, Assessment and Collection of the Village House Tax, Police Organization

Management;

and

Secret Police, for Political and Detective purposes, Registration

and Anous Systems, Population

and General Statistics; Gaol

management and Prison discipline,

The

Convict Egster in Hongthong, Chinese_ Emigration, the Ghant Serang System you.

My report on the

Opium Farm in 1847, shewing the abuses generated by the ~

Monopoly

and recommending ito abolition, and the substitution of a system of

yearly licenses, was

adopted. I first

proposed taxing the Villages; Assessed