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a respectable class

entertainment.

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houses of

The means requisite to this end.

appear to be purely measures of police,

limitation of numbers of

consisting

houses.

of

f

Entertauiment within due

limits; punishment by fine. imprisonment of persons selling spirits without liscuse; punishment.

or

withdrawal of liceuse from any licensed publican convicted before.

a

not or brawling

Magistrate of allowing not or

in his house, of Zurnishing liquor to or

for the use

drunken.

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or

з

adulterating forsyn spirits with

chiriere liquor.

In order to give effect to such

that the

regulations, it is necessary licensed houses should be conveniently

situated for inspection, and that order thould be ensured by vigilant

supervision.

supervinone of

Civil and Military Police.

These measures would benefit the

as well as the

community in general troops, and His Royal Highness is confident that the Colonial authoritis, who feel to

warm an interest in the subject, will take every necessary step for giving legal effect to, and for carrying out

lu requisite for

measures which

may

good government

entertainment.

the

of

the licensed

houses.

of cust

The Sale

ช Chinese spirits in

Hong

Royal

Hong

is an evil which Stis

Highness sus no practicable means

of preventing

The purchasers of such spirit among the troops would probably only

le

men of

bad character who drink to

be intoxicated, and these men can

effectually be controlled by Military dissipline. _

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