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1. The

average

number of inmates hus

average

incrcused

to 4461⁄2 against.

arra

in 1859

of 239

hepiny.

with temporary additional

accornmodation (in wooden huts)

for little over to prisoners. The crowding

and went

of proper ventilation.

z is

something beyond description, and~-

Hospital.

2.

At least four of the fatal

cases arose

from discuse of the heart. Two of

those four I

was able clearly

clearly to trace

to the present system of not sending

tence men

out long sentence

roads. They

ave

the

to work

very

men."

the

when..

I have had

rocution to pass.

through

tfic.

during the night,

&

it has been at considerable rish of

sickness to myself. The me

denv

however so

works 13 for advanced that

I trust this cause will not tell upon the

health of the Guol during the present your. Nothing

has yet bear done

to prevent unhealthy offli

the Lutrines entering

ein from 14.

the Chinese

require the, by

Tricard

houlttiful labor, which is

the open air. In

--2-

understand, of

who

heavy but

carried

orr vir

consequence', as

I

Prisoners having

made their escape, the rule is

that long sentence

ve-r

ch

shall work

the stone heap, there they get rheumation and inflammation of

the have joints from the long

continued irksome posture, thoumation