CO129-276 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [6-8] — Page 376

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In the melance. Wa Lane Gambling Stonce the bubory went further than the Chinese Detective Staff, & the Cohmusi Constables on

beat (but it is strong roboration

the

avr-

of the correctness

of Mr. Caldwell's

information that all these love bribed by Sam Yin) probably because the Wa hame hous

its brauch in

with

Cheung Hing

Struck were the only

lic

an

Comin

two pub.

Jammig

a large scale

Victoria.

houses.

open in

3 t . I have referred to So Bole for this

1890

I am

a

reason.

J

strong sup. porter of the view adopted by the majority of the for- Ission of 1886. vidi para. ++ of their report) that pub- lic (1

now termed common) gaming houses should ho suppressed with the utmost

regour.

Now the opinion.

Alemo

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seeme to be largely entertained in the Colony (vide the Article in the Darky Trees of the 19th July 1897) that the corrup tion of the Police which has been recently discovered, has been induced by the enforce ment of the

of the stringent Ord- iance N°7 of 1891.

I submit that the

corruption of the police does not date sinei 1891, and I

Ars

conomiced that if evidence

on the point coned be obtain.

Q

ed, it would be found that

corrupt Inspector received

as much hush-

money from

the small contributions of

wwwrwo

gambling homes

prior to 1891 as he did from the large bribes received from

the few houses

years.

open

mi recent

39. I have made careful

enquiry from the be defectives

King on and

Jang Kain &

from Sam Min and his

employees ChanKin