con
respecting the insanitary dition of the quarters assigned to him as Superintendent of the Victoria Gaol.
I notice that Mr. Lethbridge in his letter of the 7th December omits to state that his pre- vious representations to this. Government have received due attention. The Superin- I due
tendent's quarters
were recent by thoroughly overhauled by the Public Works Department, and all traces of the old drains
removed.
th
1896.
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removed, and from the enclosed
dany copy of a joint report by the ~
Acting Colonial Surgeon and Acting duperintendent of the Gaol (the latter of whom has been residing
residing in Mr. Lethbridges quarters during the last 10~ months without suffering
in
health) it would appear that
ho
sanitary defect
now exists.
At the same time
I conour in the opinion
on ex-
pressed by Dr Atkinson and Mr. Thomson that the quarters'
in