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and terminating. A

the

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illegal gaming conuption of the Police.

from

that source

at least. I was also enabled to report the

tringularly orderly

houses themselves

manner/

in which the

are conducted. At the

same time Your Grace will have been

almost

equally pleased to leam that I

have reasonable grounds for expecting to

rid in

get rid

a

great

measure

of

the trever

from Licenses which alone.

complicates

imlarrape this really impertant

The

and

measure

difficulty cannot be insuperable, though

as the whole matter is so novel and

experimental, each step at the commencement requires much prudence and caution till

further experience shall have justified

rapid action.

i

rmone

26.

As

Your Space

is

aware

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the reforms

of local Legislation to meet the

: the bolony in dealing briminal cl

year.

last

and

year

clapes

exigencies

dealing with the C

CH

were not overlooked last

of the 12 Ordinances paped

several contained unusual

provisions and of so important and wide application

ао

to amount almost

to a social revolution

of

our relations

towards the bhinese population.

The

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27.

great

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great evil and the disgrace of this Port for several

years before my

amial had been the undoubted

fact of its being almost a depôt for the equipment of Punatical craft, the reception of booty.

and the transmision of

information to parties engaged

in

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