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Inclosure 2 in No. 2.

Major-General Mann to the Colonial Secretary.

September 20, 1875. THE following three services will probably be undertaken at the General Peni- tentiary during the ensuing financial year, namely, the construction of—

1. A range to contain, when complete, 136 cells for the separate confinement of prisoners.

2. New offices and stores to replace the present old ones, recommended to be pulled down.

3. A residence for the Deputy-Superintendent of the Prison. As the proper sites of the above-mentioned buildings cannot be satisfactorily fixed, without considering the three proposals together, I have thought it best to submit in one report the considera- tions involved, and in so doing I beg leave to offer the following observations :-

The want of additional cells for the separate confinement of prisoners has long been felt.

The proposal now made is brought forward in consequence of your letter dated 7th. November, 1874 According to the original design of the Penitentiary, a copy of which is preserved at that Institution, it seems to have been intended that future extension of the cell accommodation should be made by the erection of a long range, placed perpendicularly to the two existing ranges, and forming with them, the outline of the letter T. After consultation with the Inspector of Prisons, I agree with him that a better arrangement would be to build any new cells that may be required, so as ultimately to form two additional ranges parallel to and symmetrical with the existing Ranges.

There will be no difficulty in beginning that range at one end, and building each year so many cells only as it may be thought expedient to provide for.

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