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by General
has been seen. Gordon, and under it the
instalments
amount is to be repaid in monthly of $100 beginning in May next.
3.
The transaction, in itself very discreditable,
assumes a far graver aspect when considered in connection with certain circumstances which occurred shortly before Major Dempster's departure,
4.
For some time there had been an access of serious sickness among the prisoners in the Gaol, and the death of one of them from dysentery in November last, led to an enquiry into the quality of the rice supplied for their food by the contractor.
Dr Ayres declared the rice to be of very inferior quality, dirty, and full...