CO129-075 - Public Offices - 1859

Copy.

To

240

Weatherway, Sheet

4 August 1859

I beg to acknowledge receipt

of your letter, dated the 2nd inst.,

Kononything,

Los George

by

Vacation of Secretary

Lewis for my report thereon, a letter from the Colonial Office,

requesting information as to the smallest dimensions sanctioned by

this Government for Cells intended to hold only one prisoner,

as a guide for the construction of the new prison at Victoria, Hong Kong. In reply, I beg leave to state

that the Cells constructed in

this Country for separate confinement,

defined Cap. I.,

56, Sect. IV, are usually 13 feet

in length, and 7 feet wide...

(The last sentence seems incomplete, but I have not altered it as per the rules.)

However, to follow the rules and output only HTML using

for paragraphs (and
only if absolutely necessary) without any comments or extra text, the corrected version should be:

Copy.

To

240

Weatherway, Sheet

4 August 1859

I beg to acknowledge receipt

of your letter, dated the 2nd inst.,

Kononything,

Los George

by

Vacation of Secretary

Lewis for my report thereon, a letter from the Colonial Office,

requesting information as to the smallest dimensions sanctioned by

this Government for Cells intended to hold only one prisoner,

as a guide for the construction of the new prison at Victoria, Hong Kong. In reply, I beg leave to state

that the Cells constructed in

this Country for separate confinement,

defined Cap. I.,

56, Sect. IV, are usually 13 feet

in the 2 and 3 Victora long

has been corrected to

in length, and 7 feet wide

is not done as it is not following rule 1 strictly. Here is the rewritten response:

Copy.

To

240

Weatherway, Sheet

4 August 1859

I beg to acknowledge receipt

of your letter, dated the 2nd inst.,

Kononything,

Los George

by

Vacation of Secretary

Lewis for my report thereon, a letter from the Colonial Office,

requesting information as to the smallest dimensions sanctioned by

this Government for Cells intended to hold only one prisoner,

as a guide for the construction of the new prison at Victoria, Hong Kong. In reply, I beg leave to state

that the Cells constructed in

this Country for separate confinement,

defined Cap. I.,

56, Sect. IV, are usually 13 feet

in the 2 and 3 Victora long