CO129-064 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [8-10] — Page 322

51.

E.

50.

give

room

for 139 prisoners

and at the time the Jailor

gave his evidence, the amount

of

air to each prisoner, taking the above cubic contents, was only 361 Cubic

feet

to each

the

man ; not including

C

4

upper part of Jail a which

could not at the time br

used.

The acting Surveyor General considers that the

Treadmill and its shed.

<..

might be greatly improved.

As

a new civil Hospital

is about to be erected, the

Acting Survey or Genera

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proposes that a Hospital for the Jail be attacked thereto, in conjunction with the present prison.

As workmen on the

roads, the convicts are not

good labourers, but as carriers

of stone to the roads, and

Scavengers, they could be proptably employed.

It being I ollock, the Commission adjourns for further evide

other evidence until 11 am.

on (Wednesday the 18th Inal! (Signed) Wfaine