Quite a number of miscellaneous dwelling-houses, all shapes and sizes, on the stea; bank between Wyndham' Street and Arbuthnot Road are in course of demolition, the sites having been purchased by the Government for the erection of quarters for the staff of Victoria Gaol. This is a wise measure, as up to the present they have been compelled, like the married members of the Police Force, to live in all sorts of aces, mostly the upper floors of Chinese houses, which are by no means suitable for European dwellings. I hope that now the Government have put their hand to the work, they will not stop until all the subordinate members of the service are supplied with decent quarters,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.