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but it is I belive largely mixed with the

other spirits.

No good liquor can be obtained except

From.

a respectable merchant.

saushoo in

any quantity

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obtained from any Chinese house as at

the corners.

the streets from unlicensed

dealers. One meu however did not

care much about it, and did not use

it much. "

40 or 60 spirit shops in

town

the sixe

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of Hong Kong, I should day was excessive-

I should certainly thick without.

that number was

greatly limited,

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the mus only allowed to purchase.

оз

the Bts. under the

liquor at one or two good shops in the

nighbourhood superintendance

of a good nou Commissioned

officer I fear drinking will continue

to the same extent it has previously dome._

I are aware the mere at Kowling

drinks clandestinely

natives, but as soon as it was discovend

purchased druchs de

from

it was put a

stop to

& the Chinese.

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severely punished; & there was difficulty in doing this as there was a

good Military Police which dealt summarily with all cases. –

With

regard

to the eavy probably

suvilar regulation will be found

beneficial,

as the muse of that Service suffer equally with our own from

this cause.

I fully agree with bir Hercules Robinson that the establishment of reading

rooms & accuxurents for the

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mu is

great preventative against

drinking,

and I endeavoured to establish there as much as

possible.

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