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of the Jail depotior, especially as regards the hoo large

rooms

in Jail &. (vide

C

plan attached). That previous to the appointment of this Commission, he visited the Jail in company with the Colonial Secretary and Deputy "Theriff. On that occasion

Jailn recommended the division of the upper part of Jail as inte b

the

a. into 6 wards. That

he (the acting Surveyor Generath

Considers that unadvisable, in-

as much as it would have to be done by wooden parte

at an

of

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outlay of upwards $1000. That he proposes

instead, to divide the two

large roome of Jails

A into

tvo divisions each, with a

privy attacked to each for

nights

Et use only. That this

arrangement in four wards

instead of two, would serve

to classify the prisoners better than at present.

The upper ward is

how

undervicraber, on account

of

the

urinal pentive state of the

urinal and privy

accommodation

and as no proper separation