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of the new
Gaol which was
sanctioned
by
the Secretary of
but which
State several years ago,
was
postponed owing to all
available funds employed on what
were considered still more
pressing
requirements, such as the Tytam Water Works and the important denitary improvements indicated by Mr Chadwick in his Report. These works
are
not yet completed. As
も
regards the urgent necessity of
the Water Works, it is sufficient to
state that in the
dry
season ma
many
of
the poover classes have to buy water, and that at the Hydrants, where, when
the reservoir is low, water can
turned
are
on
only be
for a limited time, there
daily and frequent fights
amongst the numerous expectants, in which the weaker naturally go
to the wall.
J
The cost of a
new
#400,000 Gaol has been estimated at Four
hundred thousand dollars, and
now that the Colony, has pledged
hundred and sixteen thousand
$116,000 itself to pay
a
Sum
of about one
pounds
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