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8.
Several useful notifications appeared from time to time in the Government Gazette, but no special notice is required here.
9.
The Gaol in Victoria was finished this year and occupied. A New Superintendent arrived from home; a great improvement was visible in the Gaol discipline and management. The drafting off of a large number (280) of long sentence men from Victoria Gaol to the Convict Hulk at Stone Cutters' Island assisted this amelioration of the former Establishment.
The new Prison was a cause of much anxiety to the Government, not only from the isolated position and the uncertainty of a Military guard or Naval Gunboat being furnished, but also from the difficulty of getting trustworthy and careful Gaol officers.
To obtain experienced men was out of the question, but on application to the Home Government, an Expert Superintendent has since been appointed.
After a very short time the...