CO129-129 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [1-3] — Page 183

"sappuccim" of there Starlichment. suppression"

"his end must be kept steadily

in view

Your first step of

refulating and licensing ought

speedily to place you

in full

Incession of Mie nature and

eu tout

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and of

His

1 gambling practised

the classes who pursue it.

The next step.

!

presume must be the organization

of a trustworthy police, sufficiently to deal with this great

Numeroas

evil which has hitherto defied

your effort to click it.

It is clear from your former despatches that the

bribery

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bribery and intimidation of the

police has

has been this

been the menus by

whuch

your efforts

have

been

mainly defeated. To combat these obstacles it is necisiary

that the

- police slimed be two well pard

temptâ

to be minder any great temple=

=tion to commption, and sufficiently

all

in the various clasies.

to have confidence in its ozuza strength and

to over a we

the

ill - disposed from attempts at

itimidation by the cestarity of detection aux punishment. And the determined propensity of the Chinese to gambling and the Establishment which that propensity:

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calls