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wharf, at which large vessels may lie at any state of the tide. The Committee report, that whether the convicts be employed in quarrying the lime rock or other branches of business, the situation purchased possesses advantages superior to any other place in the town for a State Prison. A copy of their report will be laid before you, accompanied by a plan of the land purchased. A deed conveying the premises to the State, having been duly executed and recorded, the Executive proceeded to the appointment of a suitable person to superintend the erection of said Prison and other buildings, taking from the person thus appointed, a bond with sufficient sureties for the faithful appropriation of all such sums of money as should from time to time be entrusted to him. From the report of the superintendant, it appears, that a keeper's house, of stone, forty feet long, thirty feet wide, and two stories high, has been erected; a hospital, forty eight feet long, and twenty three feet wide, has likewise been erected, of stone, with stone flooring and covering, and that a strong and substantial prison of stone, containing fifty cells for the confinement of convicts, has been entirely completed. The range of cells is so constructed that additions may be conveniently made to any desirable extent, as they shall become necessary. A yard enclosing the whole, of sufficient height and convenient size, is nearly completed. It has been deemed advisable to delay finishing the interior of the second story of the prison, which will probably be occupied as a workshop, or for purposes connected with the support of the convicts until the Legislature shall have decided in what manner they are to be employed. The building of workshops separate from the prison, has also been omitted, as the use of their