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ventilation

providers this system of vent

to be good, but neither the Medical

Officers

in such

Mer

an

The Committee

opinion,

Can

Concur

but think that

this obvious deficiency,

arrange for fireplace and

to have the interior walls plastered,

so that they might

lime-whited

great discredit

be

periodically

-painted, reflect very

on

the Department.

11. In reference to the cost of the

works, too, it

appears

that the Government was asked to provide $20,000

for

what was required. A contract

was

entered into and by the time the building

was

finished, a sum of $91,392.02 had been expended.

has to be added for

To this

providing

another

system

of ventilation, a sum

of $6,969. That is,

a total of $98,361.02.

There is reason to be satisfied that the Department did not

give proper consideration to the matter before the

work was

begun.

12. In connection with this case,

we have to draw attention to the

building of

cells

for

The Police

Department at the stations in Victoria. Those

seem to have been

ordered from

a contractor for $16,000, and when

handed

over to the

Medical Authorities as fit for

use,

The

credibility certainly

on the Lieutenant-Officer, but without

any sufficient communication with the Head of the Police Department,