7
250
on which that estimate was framed, was written, the walls of the Gaol were under construction. They have since been completed, and for the present therefore
to the Gaol remaining objection to the Gaol
I see no
as they are with the additions and alterations which I have ventured to suggest being effected.
I have the honor to be,
With the highest respect,
Your Lordship's,
Most Obedient
Humble Servant;
Hongkong
22nd May 1848.
Since the above Despatch was drafted, I have received the weekly report of the Prisoners in Gaol, which shows that
No 2.
there are at present 171 Prisoners - only Six of them are unwell, and that they are not labouring under disease, but from wounds arising from the chafing of their fetters