CO129-087 - Sir Robinson - 1862 [7] & Acting Governor Mercer - 1862 [7-9] — Page 207

Andaman Islands.

I have accor

ordingly addressed The

Earl of Elgin and asked permission to

hundred to

ed to a hundred and

Chinese felons

Send

from

a

fifty

transportation

and

under Sentence of

penal servitude, burglary

and piracy being principally the Crimes

which they are

for wh

suffering.

I have proposed that this bolony

should incur the Expense of their custody

and sustenance over and above the value of

their labor, and should of Corvise

cost of transport.

defray !

Victoria Gaol is so inconveniently

crowded that it is a matter

of importance

both in a disciplinal and a sanitar View

that some such relief should be a

afforded it.

t

trust

Should Ford Elgin

see no

204

objection I

Your Grace will Sanction the Execution.

of the project.

I lose no time in reporting this, in order that should the reply from faloutta be

favorable, and

Measure many

delay

as

Your Grace approve, the~

be carried out with as little

possible._

I have the honor to be,

Moy Lord Duke,

Your Grace's

Merat obedient Servant