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hearing&

it would cradicate the evil

root and branch and prevent its spread. But he

was won

himself about enquiring into.

busy

nts matters

out

of small importance: in matters of great moment; he only added fuel to the flames instead of trying suppress them. Even when Editions were presented to him clearly pointing ou I praying that he would notification for the suppression of the speculation in house property, he pigeon holed the petitions neither returning?

the evil and

issue a

then

ewering them,

and so matters have reached their

Avaz

present disastrous state. He had the power to suppress the speculation, requested to suppress it, but never did so. If he is not to be complained of, who then is ? If he is not to blame whose then is the,

to fault ? The instigators of the speculation were, as a

rule young

and reckless : the speculators, men of substance, but ignorant

- ignorant and inceperinced.

In addition to these, there was a class of paupers, who borrowed on all eides to whom success meant large gais

and whom

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there

worde

non-success would have

off than when they started. To thousands of dollars were

mere childs

play or

women's banker.

:they played and gambled with themians were dirt. The person in power,

if they .

even if the

matter had never been

discussed and

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petition presented, ought, on having enquired into it, to have given

given orders to his subordinates

to suppress it. Why should he have increased the evil by the encouragement

he

gave to it ? Governor Konnolly,

administration of the Government

during his.

affection for

showed great love and a

the Chinese people; and the his praises

were

-sunga

on all sides. But in this

matter