CO129-288 - Public Offices & Others - 1898 — Page 452

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

Unless there is fromme huohibition grestriction on gambling 1?

which would makethe new territory Would there

be dome

a

will

public scandal from the first;, and I foel restriction

than fore that such fushitition.

that-1 is absolutely necessary that-

On the other hand

galtat gambling.

Where the population is easy to suferiss and control as being contained within a Small area und

B to carry out the provisions of the

A

exis Tug

Hong Kong Gambling laws would require

a very large police force and an expend-

iture which the new territory is unable

to afford; end recent experience has

where there is

shown that even in Hong Kong, with a

strong and well organised police force,

it is impossible to prevent competition

to

and stop gambling.

OF

I am of opinion, therefore, that in-

stead of attempting to prevent gambling,

the best plan will be to control it, as

is done elsewhere, in such a manner as

to prevent its being so prevalent as to

constitute a sericus evil. I can see

no reason why such control should not

be exercised effectively without an

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extension

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