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from

the unofficial members of

the Legislative Council and would be strongly opposed by public opinion on the spot; and assuming that another course can be found

which will remove the present

glaring deficiencies and make it

possible to provide for the con-

finement of the criminal prisoners

on the separate System, I shall

be prepared to reconsider and

modify my instructions. At the

same time, I have not altered my

fully opinion that the only the enginey

A

satisfactory solution of the ques

tion would be the construction on

a thoroughly open site of a new

cellular prison.

3. I am

A prepared

under all the circumstances to

approve as a compromise, the en-

largement of the present prison

Existing area, with additions to the pre

sent prison buildings, and the

provision of some additional space

for