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hold the onus primarily responsible for all accidents that may occur to the Convicts, and the onus of proving that such accidents have not arisen from inadequate means taken to prevent them must invariably fall on the head of the Survey department in the first instance.
You will therefore probably consider the present occasion suitable for revising any existing practice or regulations connected with the Superintendence of convict labor, and will report to me for the information of His Excellency any additional future precautions which past experience may render desirable.
Late, He,
(Signed.) M.F. Mercer,
Colonial Secretary.
(Jove Comm)
Colonial Secretary.
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hold the bend of that frimarily responsible for all accidents that may cens to
the Convicts, and the
of
my
of
froving that sich accidents have not arisen from inadequate means taken to prevent them must invariably fall on the read of the Survey department in the first instance.
You will therefore probably consider the present occasion suitable for revising any existing practice a regulations connected with the Suferintendence of convict labor, and will report to me for the information of bus Excellency
any additional future frecautions which fast experience may render
desirable.
Lave, He,
(Signed.) M.F. Mercer,
Clonial Secretary.
(Jove Comm)
Colonial Secretary.
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