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be used with effect elsewhere though withheld from the criticism of the Executive hoses. I therefore think it right to express my amazement shat

wver

so small a body of genilemens

could be founds to affirm

an

apotion

na

Q0

monstions

that the licensed Gambling

Horses had injuriously affected the trade of the Colony, or that the Police and) respectable Chinese could put down

Gamblings. The latter propresition is that

which

Qwvw

act of the 1's present

declined to affirms.

11.

Mere

I cannot undertake to

que assertion. If any

vague &

man

chooses to affirm that the depressed

state of trade in Wongkong

Wangking or China

is

aving

to the existence of licensed

gausing unda Government cartest, this is a free contry and be is at liberty to

ans

make the apertion, but I think I not required to

linn, expecially

ao

ANIMALRA,

itat depression has existed for marly.

three

4

years

whilst the licensed houses

have not existed for

12.

marks .

To attribute dhe decrease in the

value of land and houses to the same

cause is also allowable to

I am in doubt wherber

an

[X

any propos

-gouilliman

making such would be influwoed by the consideration,

extraordinary afsertion

if brought to his notice, that the depreciation in Nonse property

Aivo

years

commenced

before licensed houses were

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