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upon to pay about one

revenue

fourth of for works of

it's yearly? Defence, in addition to the annual

payment of the Military Contribution

H

of twenty thousand pounds, (£20,000).

However, much as

I am disappointed at the

unavoidable delay in commending

the new

Prison, there is some

advantage in my being thus __ enabled to discuss the proposed plans with the new Auperintendent, General Gordon. There is indeed a great deal to be settled with--

regard

regard to not only the exact ___ arrangement of the buildings, but also with regard to the regulations and discipline. For example,

yet

there is no

to

system of marks for good conduct, nor any fixed

Aules

for the remission of sentences. The evils of the absence hitherto of proper arrangements has recently been illustrated by the case of a

Chinese Conviet named Lee Lum-

Kwai, of which I will

outline.

This

give

an

Chinese

from

if