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could be effected to keep prison

prisoners

in the upper part distinct from

those below. The Jailor could not employ it. The accommodation in Solitary cells in Karracks

prisons in Angland is 535 Aubic feet to each prisoner . In a Tropical climate the allowance should br, at least

one half more, for Europeans. This could be obtained by increasing the height of the rooms. In India, upwards

1,000 Cubie.

i feet

are allowed

in the barracks per man. The anly feasible way that

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the acting Purveyor General

sees for extending the Prison is by the resumption Of Inland Lots N° 915, N°3 and N° 131. unless a new Lite was selected, further

to the westward for a new Prison . If a new prison is

erected, it should be on

the

radiating principle; that is with a Semicircular inspection Fall; from which all the

·

wards would radiate; which

allows not onl a

thorough

inspection of the wards, but

also

of the Airing yards.