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to the vote for "Gaol extension.
I have the honour to be,
dir, Your Most Obedient Humble Servant,
Wilthein Robinzer
COPY.
No.697.
sir,
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Public Works Office.
Hong-Kong, 15th November, 1897.
In reply to your minute of the 3rd instant
on Colonial Office Despatch No.137/97 respecting Female Prison,
I have the honour to forward the following report.
1. The most urgent requirements at present at
the Victoria Gaol, are more room and more single cells for
female prisoners, including hospital accommodation in the
same block for females.
2. At present females are accommodated on the
ground floor of the extension to the east of A wing where
there are 6 separate cells and 5 association cells,
3. The floor above this is now the male hospital.
4. The officers of the Gaol are at present accommodated on the first and second floors of the entrance
block, but when the new quarters for officers are built on
The Honourable
The Colonial Secretary.
the