Notice Warns Taiwanese Citizens Against Group Gambling

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Main title: The subprefect of Tamsui, Chen Xing-ju issued the notice warning against gambling in groups
Date: 1875
Subject Matter: Administration—civil administration
Description: The subprefect of Tamsui, Chen Xing-ju issued the notice warns of gambling in gorups under the orders of Fujian Province Governor Wang Kai-tai.
Collection: Tan-Hsin Archive

 
Gambling has been banned in China for many years. According to laws relating to the board of punishment in The Great Qing Code, anyone who gambles should wear the cangue for two months and receive 100 lashes by heavy bamboo, those who run gambling houses and gamble in groups for the first offense should receive 100 lashes by heavy bamboo and penal servitude of three years, those who relapsed should receive 100 lashes by heavy bamboo and be exiled 3000 li (Chinese mile). Because of the popularity of gambling among citizens and military personnel in every part of Taiwan, Fujian Province Governor Wang Kai-tai gave orders to the local governments in Taiwan to issue the notice forbidding group gambling and reiterated that gambling is strictly forbidden and anyone who violates the law will be severely punished.

 

National Taiwan University Library, National Taiwan University

 

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