To the Editor of the "Norru-Cutsa Date News."
Siz—In view of the interest which has been taken of late in the matter of prosecutions for public gambling in Shanghai, I thought it would interest some of your readers to know when public ga bling was legal in Hongkong. In glancing through a copy of "The Graphic" March 12, 1870, I came across the undernoted paragraph page 310: plished a Fear or two ago in Hong "Public gambling-houser were oxta-
Kong. under the authority. of. the British "Government of that peculiar Title col nA, considerable. dis: turbance was he time bya number" of who. were
lig: and' sanctioning' the existence phot at the idea of tolerat: such" haunts of ice, but it, was] the bold measure had of rile. "Scores "of. secret gambling: foutes aprarg up all ever the. Ching foun wae the system wa ilogal, and the police covtd de nothing. that had the Feast'effect in mitigating the evil These. acerer he forever. were the "headquarters of the criminal
minal organizations. The the centres of numer lishment of the licensed gambling use proved. tuecesfal te wise was 0 be'tdone with the money" paid to the focal government. for the. licences? Enormous sams seetued in this ways SRE "Governor wes at feat he people who were he Home Government, then represented by the Dake. of Buckingham, to touch. Inst he. was allowed to tthe. police force and. the Nipvession of Grime. Now. however. Tord "Granville has. overthrown "this Srrangement. and hav send. home all fhoney_in future. The Tot use money comin fom corrupt source the tra Gvrcrnment may. That la. captains bat a choleric word, which in Sie oldier ie fa Baume "Fant Hhousand pounds haw alton beth hat Lord Graniile will do with fon ity. given. up. by the colons:
abody seems to. know Tt would be interesting to know when "that peculiar little colon Became reformed in the matter of public gambling.
Tam, ete.
Avsreat.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.