y

L

could have wished, but I have fully accepted that Thane deserved it, &

Lo! for, impossible to devote to them the

considerable time required for detailed

examination and for the preparation

of

such a

report

as the subject demands. I

think I may be able below to

satisfy

Sov.

10960

C. O.

Avon Lea. Claughton. Phase

REQ

REGE

AUG

Sir:

In

reply

to Mr Wingfield's

letter

of

368

the 12th instant. I have the honour to state

that the cost of

a

new

gaol with seven

hundred and sixty separate Cells Stone cutters Island, Hong Kong,

as shewn

in the plans recently sent home from Colony will be about $380,000. To the

credit of this Expenditure however should be placed the $50,000 likely to be realized by the sale

of a portion of the present Victoria Gaol, which would reduce

Under Secretary of State

19/1

The

Colonial Office.

Downing

Street.

W.O. 20381/82

See

740.

Gul Jan 12/82

ele.

ele.

As

Conderstoned so His case,

Stonecutters Island is to be given up

by the War Department. a fresh depan would seem the necessary and an

examination of these flaws would in

lash.

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