CO129-149 - Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1871 [1-4] — Page 234

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to put down what is to utterly distasteful to them as shown in their Memorial of 1869. Instead as them of presenting a further Memorial from thanselves on the San

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Dubject the Chinese Community; 89 __^= has been canvassed by a Native Preacher of the

Lever Misionary Society who on his part, and that of his co-arjuters, has spared to pains in collecting signatures to their petition But in order to swell the rumber of seals er siquatures they have exceeded the bounds of propriety and have apparent, unhesitatingly accepted Support from those least-

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qualified to have any weight:

in the consideration of so important a question, this site be evident when I add that many of the siquatures and seals are those of Chinese who have applied to Government for the privilege of holding the Licenses. Others, again. are those of rotorious gamblers,

whose

d

and losses

winnings in the Chinese Club Houses

and elsewhere are well known to the Community, and

there

are many others

again

who are now participating

in

the Lotteries carried on by the Licensees

Early in the list of siquatures, too, is to be retired

the