There is, I believe, no sign of plague about, but it is not. reassuring to hear that a Risense on the 18th inst, Decensed, wha sioner in Victoria Gaol died from this
was sentenced for larceny, went into gaol on the 12th and was admitted to the hospital on the 17th inst, dying the following day. It is clear that' he had the disease when con-Victed, and probably contracted, 1 on the mainland. The incident should act as a istmulus to the authorities to take timely measures to avert the outbreak of an epi-domic.
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