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oftaring on informed intrest

should not be discouraged from these later

1937 developments as regards the new gaol, and

the criticisms in the Legislative Council.

If it were desired to circulate copies of the

13th October Hansard spares are available, but

there is no spare of the 20th October Report.

(These two Hansards also contain

references 'X' on page 113 of 13th October

and 'X' on page 138 of 20th October to the

Government's disinclination to accept the

senior unofficial member's suggestion that

heroin offences should be added to the list

punishable by flogging.

That suggestion was

referred to the Penal Administration Committee

here a few months ago for their advice, and it

was in accordance with that advice that the

Governor extrato rejectedthe suggestion,

sand that he though the Secretary of State would agree to

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an increase to 20 years of the sentence of

imprisonment which could be imposed for such

offences).

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