that the Licenses which
were let at auction on
the
12th February last will be
forfeited until the end
of
the present year.
the insufficiency of the present Police Force to perform the in-
creased duties which will
be thrown upon it in the
Detection
and prevention of
Gambling for
Shanghai
satisfied that it will be
Expedient to close the
several licensed Houses &
on the 1st February next, you
have had Kimberley's permission to extend the license
of the present houses
for
not more than five weeks
longer.
or
until the
1st February next at
the same rate
as now paid by the lessee. His
Lordship trusts however, that
you will not find
it
necessary
to defer the closing
of these houses until the
last named date as it is
desirable that the Police
should have
acted under
the
new Ordinance for
the repression
of Gambling for
a short time at all.
Events before the arrival of your successor
may be expected to develop before
about March next.
Being this allowed, as
you have requested, some latitude
with respect to the time at which your
instructions are
to be carried into effect, Kimberly does not anticipate that the question of continuing the present lessees
can arise.
with respect to the misunderstanding queried by you
as to
the disposal of the forfeited Gambling Funds, Lord Kimberley is disposed to adopt generally your suggestion
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to defer the closing
these houses until Clea
last named date as it is
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the
of Gambling for
short time at all.
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