CO129-043 - Sir Bonham - 1853 [7-12] — Page 257

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In 1688/53

HONGKONG

REPORT and Estimate for the construction of By order of His Excellency the Governor

REPORT

а

new

No

SPECIAL

Debtors' Prison, Gaoler

The accompanying plooms are

in accordance

Governor in

buildings

htt

fire pared

with the directions of this Excellency The

coux.e querce

of the present state of the upied for the above purposes.

осси

The Debtors' Prison,

/

aterials and workmanship.

are

one of the buildings

first erected on

the establishment of the Colony, intended for and occupied as the residence of

The the Chief ett agistrale with Court Room, te.

of the most or dinary

several scanthings oftimber need throughout extremely slight and the whole put to gether in the

to all similar. built here without efficient superintendence. In the year 1845 one half of the build-

houses

ing quently

and

A.

kind,

the

1

converted into

The

A

Debtors' Prison, and subse

mainder was

tude d

Q

ethough the utmost was

Gaoler's residence.

Love

to render is

C. yds

160 Digging foundations

C. feet

Debtors' Prison.

254

3

57

2780 Rough stonework in forendation 6608 Brickwork laid in

716 Pressed ashlar in plinth with

chamfered arices.

107 therth to Verandah chamfered

vrices

16 Stone bases to piers in Verandal

C. feet,

with chamfered arices

121⁄2 Plone dressing to loop holes 421⁄2 Dressed stone steps

8 D

Dressed ashlar to window sills weathered and the sated.

68 Stone dressing to windows sunt

for iron bans

371⁄2 Granite hearth stones rubbed and

fixed

840

Granite flagging for floors of bath

suitable for such purposes it

was perfectly im- the possible to arrange any thing satisfactorily for former both on count of the unsuitablenes of the plan and the insufficiency of the materials

hip, which to connect would have in- volved the reconstruction of the greater portion of it. 301 Brickwork baid in

the Building for the

and

waki

The inadequacy of

purposes of a place of confinement indeed is

Yds

470

circumstances

has been adopte

would

feet

30

quite apparent, but every means

to re

render it as

secure

AY

permit; several times at the desire of th is Exes Clancy

and

ndaks

verar

rvorlar

piers and arches to Verandahs Nough succe jointed in

سکتے

walls.

Houlding

af

187 134-

926

94

26

23

106

watercon

2

615-

192" girth

5126

278 32

Canced forvand

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