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38. I take the liberty, however, in answer to such allegations against this Government, to refer to a statement which I made publicly in May last year in answer to some questions of Mr. Breloque, Mr. Keswick. Those explanations sufficiently showed that nothing but necessity drove the Government to adopt the present policy, and they also illustrated the real feeling of the Chinese in reference to recent Legislation, and instanced the ineffectual attempts made by the Police by breathing into illegal gambling haunts to suppress them, because as many appeared to exist at the end of a year as at the beginning, a fact proved in 1865 during the administration of the late Governor.
Vide Encl. No 2, Para 7, 48.
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14 to 7.
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answer to such allegations against
this Government to "
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to some
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Breloove Hz. Mr Keswick. Those explanations
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the real feeling of the Chinese in reference
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