CO129-122 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [5-6] — Page 21

fresh action is absolutely necessary, either

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in accordance with that now suggested,

or

umanating from

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appropriate instructions

devised by the thajesty's Goverment

Bring howwn extremely

however

desirous

of finishing four Grace seisk the opinions of these woke have resided here longer than myself. I yestuday laid before my Conneil the draught of this Despatch then

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Excentive

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completed to the conclusion of the last paragraph. The subject was way fully discussed by the Corneil and their deliberation

resulted in a

unanimous resolution "that"

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de Corneil

agreed

in the

peliny

and

suggestions contained in the first elevor

" paragraphs of this Despatch, for dealing

"swich Gambling

in this Colony'; but at the

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same time desired to record thin

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opinion

chat

the simple method of farming a monopoly

for keping gaming houser under Regulation. in Corneil would be found the

of the Governor i

most efficacious for pretting down unlicensed

"garning and securing the effective cooperation

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"of

the Chinese with the Police for the anest

and detention of dangerous characters.

13.

Ime

I may

add that the above

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Resolution is in accordance with the views of every

Govenor here sive 1846, when the rapid

of the Chinese population in this

increase

settlement forced

an

the attention of the Executive the necefity of devising special

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· for dealing with Gambling, adapled to the peculiar had its of the Chinese race and the exceptional ciremstances of the Colony.