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in estimating that for a properly arranged Magistracy contained within the limits of its boundary walls at least double the space

Inconvenient as

the evic

of that provided would be required.

iing Ma. gistracy is in many respects, it nevertheless compares most favour.

ably

with

anything.

constructed on

that

can be

the proposed site. The prisoners and the Police have their separate entrance to the Police Court. They

can be kept detached general public who

from

the

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come to witness the trials, and

stolen property

or other property.

required in evidence can be pro. perly safeguarded. The First

the

clerk has his residence on

premises and is in constant touch with the Police, and there

is a

fair amount of ventilation

in the Courts. Even in this last respect alone I think the proposed

site should be condemned. It is

impossible to exaggerate the con.

of

dition Court on

ar

the air in a crowded

a summer day.

ever

in the present fairly ventilated position of I see the surroundings of the

by

the Courts, but when

site hemmed in

houses on

new

all sides, without an aspect of

kind, and

any

eubjected to the noises of street traffic and the effluvia of a heated crowd, I a believe them to be positively dan.

gerous and calculated to cause

the

strongest constitution to

even

give way Lastly I have the honour

to point out that of all institu.

Colony

that

of

He

tions in the Police Courts is the least desirable

inn

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