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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