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for that purpose. The tribe not having manifested a disposition to sell, but on the contrary, it being understood that they are not willing to dispose of them for any reasonable compensation, The Resolve remains wholly unexecuted. From the report of the Inspectors of the State Prison, a copy of which will be laid before you, it appears that since the first of January last forty two convicts have been discharged, one has escaped, and fifty three have been committed; that the whole number then confined, at the date of their report, on the twenty first of December, was sixty nine, of whom twenty two were in solitary imprisonment under sentence of Court, and the residue were principally engaged in some productive employment. The State of health within the prison during the last year, has been equal to that in the village where it is situated, and even a single case of fever has never occurred within the establishment. the product of the labour of the prisoners has been nearly equal to the whole expense of their support and government, including, not only provision and clothing, but their removal from the County prisons, the salary of the Warden the compensation to the Chaplains & Overseers the sums paid for medical attendance and to the convicts at the time of their discharge. Considering that a considerable number have been in solitary confinement where no labour could be performed a greater product was not to have been expected. The inspectors conclude their