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of servants, suppression of illegal gaming

haunts and detection

Criminals in all

of Crim

which important points the present system

unquestionably a most bus

Succefful

addition

to the resources of lovemment for repression

other place I should

of crime. In

any

it

as

very

therefore regard

Sumo

were

immaterial what

haid by others for Services, of

such value to the Government, and

my only

objection here is that the Chinese may

conceive the

influence

the pa

payment purchases

aw

improper

with Government as it

might do with thin

17.

native authorities.

The result has therefore been acceptance of the tender of the fanmer disenoues at the

annual rate of $220,000 per annum -

amount which

J

an

Jay 45,800

cannot but believe to

1

be excessive

ab mo

further gains

can

be

made from Foreigners. Nevertheless I prefer

(

for the above

reasons and with the

new

information obtained to begin at a high

figure with the power of reducing the

amount

hereafter.

additional means

thereby retain so much

of funchasing yet mare

energetic exertions from the Licensees for advancement of the Public

olijects of the System. I have therefore made no alteration

in the lower figure entered in the Estimates

for 1869 and which

are maMAS

ready to be

laid before fomncil. because I am

than ever uncertain what

mare

may finally be

the amount most desirable to exact.

Enclave 14-18

I now enclose the revised Regulations

affecting the diensed houses which are

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