In spite of the scarcity of money, all yound, and of the—increasit number of unemployed, new fan-tan establishments are springing up everywhere round here especially at Swatow. There are now fewer than 157 fan-tan establishments at Swatow acd fat Toast 200 opium joints, it would be well for those who aver they have the question of human welfare at heart, to pay more attention to the subject of gambling' and opium-smoking in this prorinee.
are made by the Provi authorities from time to time for the suppression of gambling and opium dens, but nothing has over been actually done about is generally reputed to te Monte Carlo of the Far East" but the fact is that, now-a-days, when it comes to fan-tan, Swatow has Macao beaten all bellow!
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