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ry as opium smoking, though it is developed at a much earlier stage of life. It is a vice which defies prohibitory legislation for it permeates—even opium smoking does not—every rank of society from the highest to the lowest.
6. Under these circumstances if reliance cannot be placed on the incorruptibility of the Police and upon the Chinese employees in the Public Departments, the endeavour to suppress gambling, or to confine it within reasonable limits, becomes a Herculean task, quite beyond the reach of the most upright and powerful Government.
7. With these few introductory remarks I have now with much regret to inform you that within the last two months a discovery has been made which reveals
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ry as opium smoking, though it is developed at a much earlier stage of life. It is
all
a vice which defies prohibitory legislation for it permeates-which even opium smoking does not - every
rank
of society from the highest
to the lowest.
6.
Under these circum
stances if reliance cannot be placed on the incorrupti bility of the Police and upon the Chinese employees
in
the
the Public Departments, the to suppress
endeavour even
gambling, or to confine it_
within reasonable limits,~
becomes a Herculean task.
quite beyond the reach of the most upright and power
ful Government.
With these few in
7.
troductory remarks I have now with much regret to inform you
that within
the last two months a dis-
covery
has been made which
reveals
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