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1. 18.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Houghong,
the
January, 1868.
Six
It is in
is in contemplation to place
250
Convicts in a
off
souve
Hull to be anchored
Stom Cutters Island, and the question
of a sufficient guard.
rrow
occupies the
attention of The Acting Governor
His Excellency Admiral Super has
prouvised the aid,
us
often
as
he
ener
give
it, of a gumbout to be stationed near and this will doubtless be a great additional security.
metr
Still the difficulty of obtaining trustivorthy so isolated is very to act in a position so isolated
Honorable
The Commandant,