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ventilation
providers this system of vent
to be good, but neither the Medical
Officers
in such
Mer
an
The Committee
opinion,
Can
Concur
but think that
this obvious deficiency,
arrange for fireplace and
to have the interior walls plastered,
so that they might
lime-whited
great discredit
be
periodically
-painted, reflect very
on
the Department.
11. In reference to the cost of the
works, too, it
appears
that the Government was asked to provide $20,000
for
what was required. A contract
was
entered into and by the time the building
was
finished, a sum of $91,392.02 had been expended.
has to be added for
To this
providing
another
system
of ventilation, a sum
of $6,969. That is,
a total of $98,361.02.
There is reason to be satisfied that the Department did not
give proper consideration to the matter before the
work was
begun.
12. In connection with this case,
we have to draw attention to the
building of
cells
for
The Police
Department at the stations in Victoria. Those
seem to have been
ordered from
a contractor for $16,000, and when
handed
over to the
Medical Authorities as fit for
use,
The
credibility certainly
on the Lieutenant-Officer, but without
any sufficient communication with the Head of the Police Department,