Show ostend s dependence on gambling some stalls statis ics acs have hane been issued which show how ostend has been shaken to its financial foundations by the effects of the row ow gambling law closing the last year the paid to the municipality murici 62 in rent 20 as a tax on the so called club and as a personal tax at 24 4 per head on the 9 viqi visitors tors who joined the club with this large subvention of the town s mun cipal receipts last year N ere C 1 ahls his year not a penny has been forthcoming from t the h sources named and the civic reo resources ace are crippled to a corresponding degree ghis however does not ex haust the mischief the fall falling ingoff off in visitors represents 1480 a day in the larger hotels among which the sea sons son s losses are es imater at 9 lon london don telegraph |