No. 44

I have received your despatch No 5 of the 9th
of February, and I
am glad to learn that measures are being adopted to remedy the system of
prison discipline in the Jail at Victoria.

But with reference to the Statement in your despatch that you had
previously been prevented from want of funds from effecting this object,
but that you now feel well assured from the tenor of my despatch of the
5th of October of the assistance of Her Majesty's Government, I
think it necessary distinctly to explain that the interest felt by Her
Majesty's
Government on this subject does not imply that they are willing to grant
any pecuniary aid for this purpose from Imperial funds.