area at least. See the despatch 07,081 6811.82 Mauritius, a
Au
may
well be sent to
anticipated, of making the prison less attractive. The three proposals now put forward - 1. to enlarge the present building 2. to build a supplementary block elsewhere 3. to build a wholly new prison elsewhere.
1 evidently
2 is
an instalment of the scheme contemplated by this
the despatch on
$10331.8
which
copy of
This will Hongkong.
ofain diminish the accommodation, which is already shown to be straitened but I think it will be better to go to
Even so
3 and is
ffice
See
I think however that our best chance, in
view of the way has been shirked, is to
in which the whole question
accept 1. if
possible. The present building is healthy, overcrowded, and in spite of cramping
the space I believe it will be better to house and add to it than to build elsewhere
for the reason that it is more
Simply for
likely to be done
if
for
the
time being
Sanctioned. I think
we must put up
with
Some associated words and have only
a certain number
of separate cells; and
these cells must be larger than M.
Brown contemplates.
850 feet in cubic
work on
the present site. With
Fills
First of all however we had better ask Sir M. Ommanney to look at
the plans and give his opinion, & at the same time write to the Home Office for copies of the drawings of Wormwood Scrubs or some other model prison.
We might also ask Sir C. Smith to send plans of the Singapore jail, and the Ceylon govt to send plans of some well-built prison in that island and drawings of the cells devised by Mr Vine if they have proved satisfactory. See Ceylon Paton 1880 page Adm. 1207.
εZ C.P.L. 857
24 out
138.0.
29.Oct.
PT.O.