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the contents of the prisoner's tube is ultimately deposited, I found the stench so great as to be offensive outside a radius of a mile.
an eighth of a
I am not disposed to allow this to continue till some calamity compels the responsible officials to carry out the instructions given by the Secretary of State on this subject more than once.
In abundance of proper earth can be obtained (especially from the neighbourhood of the Wong Hee Chong Valley) for the Gaol. Means must at once be taken for collecting, Kiln-drying, and properly sifting this earth, and using it according to the printed instructions which accompanied the Secretary of State's despatch of 2nd December 1867.
I shall hold the chief Authorities of the Gaol, and especially the Colonial Surgeon, gravely responsible if any unnecessary delay occurs in carrying out these instructions.
(signed) J. Pope Hennessy.
6th June 1877.
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Genkins. Absten
Colonial Secretary.