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despatch #2448 of the 26th of July enclosing
a copy of
a letter from
the Chinese Justices of
the Peace, expressing
their
some of the
recommendations of the
Commission, and also
the draft of an Ordinance
embodying
the
recommendations of the Commission
on the subject
of corporal punishment, together with the report
upon it of the acting
Attorney General.
I entirely agree
2.
your opinion that a
new prison must be
erected as soon as
the
finances of the Colony
will permit, though
unfortunately the heavy demands
for expenditure on
public works of
other
more
pressing necessity, preclude the immediate undertaking
of this most important
work. In the meantime
it is most desirable that
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