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oftaring on informed intrest
should not be discouraged from these later
1937 developments as regards the new gaol, and
the criticisms in the Legislative Council.
If it were desired to circulate copies of the
13th October Hansard spares are available, but
there is no spare of the 20th October Report.
(These two Hansards also contain
references 'X' on page 113 of 13th October
and 'X' on page 138 of 20th October to the
Government's disinclination to accept the
senior unofficial member's suggestion that
heroin offences should be added to the list
punishable by flogging.
That suggestion was
referred to the Penal Administration Committee
here a few months ago for their advice, and it
was in accordance with that advice that the
Governor extrato rejectedthe suggestion,
sand that he though the Secretary of State would agree to
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an increase to 20 years of the sentence of
imprisonment which could be imposed for such
offences).
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