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that the Government would
never disturb
On the other hand.
their
graves.
5
of those objections
edn
none
be raised against bir
Hercules Robinson's site, that
on
Stone
Cutters Island. ŷ
with what Sir
agree
Hercules Robinson.
says
in
his
despatch
a
convict settlement and that it is
No 131. of the 25th of June, 1862, that that site 3.62
is admirably adapted in many respects
for
capable of almost unlimited extension.
6.
The Acting Chief Justice
Mr Snowden has recently informed
that he thinks the Stone Cutters Island
site by far the best that has been suggested for a Gaol on the separate system.
Mr Snowden was the Chairman.
me
of the Gaol Commission appointed by
Arthur Kennedy. He is well
Sir
acquainted with each of the proposed sites; and from
his official position and the consideration
he has given
no one-
in
the
to the whole question there is Colony whose
entitled to greater weight.
%
opinion
is
As regards the question of
cost, I am disposed to think that mo
-rated the expense
-Price has somewhat
over-
of rebuilding the Gaol on Stone Cutters - Bland, and that he has most seriously
under-rated the
money existing site of the Gaol
value
of
the
in the
City
of
Victoria. I must not conceal from Your
Lordship the fact that from the moment, about four years ago.
that I expressed the