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roads, or after they have been washed. I lost no time, therefore, in calling the Surveyor General to prepare plans and estimates for a "drying closet" such as has been found of marked utility in similar institutions in England.
2. I am now in receipt of the Surveyor General's Report, and I find that the cost of putting up within the Gaol compound the proposed drying apparatus will not exceed the expense of procuring from home such parts (especially the iron-work) cannot readily be obtained here.
3. It is unnecessary to dilate upon the advantages likely to accrue to the Gaol, but also to the Police, whose Barracks adjoin the Gaol, from setting up the means of drying the clothes of Police and Prisoners in a comparatively short space of time. I trust, therefore, that Your Lordship will sanction the Crown Agents being instructed to procure from the best firms the materials necessary for erecting a drying room, capable of containing twelve horses, and to send them here with the least possible delay.
4. I do not think it expedient to mention the particulars of any Plans, which may accompany such buildings, but