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in which they petition for the exppression of Licensed Gaming

Hauses.

I beg to draw Your Lord- ship's attention to the concluding portion of Mr. Smith's report, attached to the Memorial, in which he states that a Petition

as

on any subject from the Chinese

Community depends

not

av

rather

as

a rule

its intriusie merits but

The

energy of

of it

its

Community.

I have the hover to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient

himble senant;

AM

(derand) HMMhitfectel

Major Gunal y Lintenant Games

promoters, and that he does

ent one

not consider the present

to be

of

the

a

fair expression opinion of the Native