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extreme readiness to meet every reasonable requirement of the Government, whilst I am moreover persuaded that they carried out generally the Government Regulations to the best of their ability.

12. The system whereby, through a few Licensed Gaming Houses, the Government was enabled to avail itself largely of the interested and effective services of the Chinese themselves to suppress all unlicensed gaming, having thus suddenly come to an end, it was necessary to provide other means to prevent what the Law declares to be illegal. Of course, the abolition of all Law on the subject would be a very simple and most effectual means of preventing surely Police corruption, and certainly it would be preferable to the old system by which Gambling was not put down, whilst its most evil effects were greatly increased.

13. As, however, such an alternative would have much opposition from all who would only see therein a public recognition of the morality of Gambling, some other arrangement had to be devised. I have accordingly decided on trying what for the present can be effected by entirely excluding the Police from any participation in the

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extreme readiness to meet every reasonable requirement of the Government, whilst I am moreover persuaded that they carried out generally the Government Regulations to the best of their ability. 12. The system whereby, through a few Licensed Gaming Houses, the Government was enabled to avail itself largely of the interested and effective services of the Chinese themselves to suppress all unlicensed gaming, having thus suddenly come to an end, it was necessary to provide other means to prevent what the Law declares to be illegal. Of course, the abolition of all Law on the subject would be a very simple and most effectual means of preventing surely Police corruption, and certainly it would be preferable to the old system by which Gambling was not put down, whilst its most evil effects were greatly increased. 13. As, however, such an alternative would have much opposition from all who would only see therein a public recognition of the morality of Gambling, some other arrangement had to be devised. I have accordingly decided on trying what for the present can be effected by entirely excluding the Police from any participation in the

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