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from
the unofficial members of
the Legislative Council and would be strongly opposed by public opinion on the spot; and assuming that another course can be found
which will remove the present
glaring deficiencies and make it
possible to provide for the con-
finement of the criminal prisoners
on the separate System, I shall
be prepared to reconsider and
modify my instructions. At the
same time, I have not altered my
fully opinion that the only the enginey
A
satisfactory solution of the ques
tion would be the construction on
a thoroughly open site of a new
cellular prison.
3. I am
A prepared
under all the circumstances to
approve as a compromise, the en-
largement of the present prison
Existing area, with additions to the pre
sent prison buildings, and the
provision of some additional space
for