CO129-271 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1896 [1-4] — Page 251

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respecting the insanitary dition of the quarters assigned to him as Superintendent of the Victoria Gaol.

I notice that Mr. Lethbridge in his letter of the 7th December omits to state that his pre- vious representations to this. Government have received due attention. The Superin- I due

tendent's quarters

were recent by thoroughly overhauled by the Public Works Department, and all traces of the old drains

removed.

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1896.

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removed, and from the enclosed

dany copy of a joint report by the ~

Acting Colonial Surgeon and Acting duperintendent of the Gaol (the latter of whom has been residing

residing in Mr. Lethbridges quarters during the last 10~ months without suffering

in

health) it would appear that

ho

sanitary defect

now exists.

At the same time

I conour in the opinion

on ex-

pressed by Dr Atkinson and Mr. Thomson that the quarters'

in