CO129-114 - MacDonnell - 1866 [7-8] — Page 534

529

that without direct and distinct

permission from Her Majesty's

Government - I should not feel

at liberty to use the powers under that section except for

the purpose

of giving more complete effect to

the existing Law,

I think it desirable therefore

that You

in which the law has hitherto signally failed and in which it will never succeed.,

I have the honour to be,

Your Lordship's Most Obedient Servant,

Richard Graves Macdonnell

Government

understand the full scope and

intentment of the section quoted-

at the same time that

regards its insertion.

you may

as in no

respect

interfering without express sanction with the objects of the system at present established -viz: the total suppression of gambling objects

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529

That without direct and distinct permission from Her Majesty's Government - I should not feel at liberty to use the powers under that section except for the purpose of giving more complete effect to the existing Law.

I think it desirable therefore that in which the law has hitherto signally failed and in which it will never succeed.

I have the honour to be, Your Lordship's Most Obedient Servant;
Richard Graves Macdonnell

Understand the full scope and intentment of the section quoted- at the same time that regards its insertion. You may as in no respect interfering without express sanction with the objects of the system at present established -viz: the total suppression of gambling objects.