(J A Hi NO & GAMTIMXG. 2f>7 



No respectable Chinese or Rfa?a£ or other native* 

 fa ever seen in an opinm-fiouse, and as tfte! hol- 

 der of the licences and their people arc very alert, it 

 h believed that the use of the dr&ff is much Jess 

 general Ifoan it otherwise would be. 



lint gaming lies under the ban of the law ami 

 will, with all its — under any circumstance — inevitable 

 train of evils, eouiinne to increase, because it gains 

 strength by a feeble opposition and is thereby ena- 

 bled I > defy the law. been use privacy favours it, and 

 the law's delay is one of its best protectors; because 

 a^ajnce, corruption and every bad passion are en- 

 listed for its defence against punishment, and for its 

 concealment, and since no Government, however 

 wilting, might l>e able to afford to keep up a police 

 capable of watching the individuals, of a considerable 

 population, the majority of whose members was in- 

 clined to gamble. 



The Chinese arc the chief holders of Po or hazard 

 tables. The cash now circulating at these, is probably 

 mucb less than it was in former days; yet it cannot 

 be doubted that there is a large sum thus 'drained out 

 of the coffers of the native community, part of which, 

 is sent to China. When Penftng contained only 

 $,000 Chinese, the remittance from the proceeds of 

 g e i ling, yearly, was estimated at 10,000 Spanish d fil- 

 lets. 



The Chinese to be ail owed fifteen day* free gaming at theif new ye;ir*a 

 feMivulp by spt^ial pornmsiott — no people in Government pay, or com icl\ 

 to be admitted— no plwt^es to be allowed, or arms admitted, under heavy 



pcr.alty — no credit to he uiven, or debt to bo recognised it) a. Court of .1 < 

 0J I'm. nd— no purdmiug or trafficking to be allowed in thu Uuu*»j — gaming in 

 other pUcea tu be punfrhed by 600— the lUrm not u> b« suldel or relei 

 out permission, uudpr a hu;u penalty — the gaming -house?* to tie under JCu- 



ropean superintendence. 

 W.jre such a thing ai licensing or fanning to be ever again established, 



many subsidiary regulations to, and modification;, of, die above, unylu l>o 



icrpinred. 



