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3.
It
may be roughly said that from the foundation of the Colony every means have been adopted and many stringent Ordinances have been passed with the object of suppressing or, if possible, of eradicating this vice, but the fond hopes indulged in by those who promoted this legislation have never to any great extent been fulfilled. This is not to be wondered at when it is remembered that the love of gambling is inherent in the Chinese.
4.
It is true that gambling has been temporarily suppressed in one quarter, but it has never failed to reappear in an aggravated form in another, and though it has hitherto within recent years been impossible to prove that it has been destructive to the morale of the
5
310
3.
It
may be roughly said that from the found-
and s
:ation of the Colony every means have been adopted
many stringent Ordin. ances have been passed ~ with the object of suppress- ing or, if possible, of eradi- cating this vice, but the_ fond hopes indulged in by those who promoted this ~ legislation have never to any great extent been ful- filled. This is not to be
wondered
wondered at when it is re-
membered that the love of
gambling is inherent in a the Chinese.
4.
gans
It is true that
have been tempe
bling may
ed in one-
rarily suppressed
quarter, but it has never failed to reappear
in an
ag-
gravated form in another, and though it has hitherto within
recent years
been impossible
to prove that it has been – destructive to the morale of
the
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