The expences of purchaſing the land, and building a part of this gaol, were defrayed out of the money humanely contributed by ſeveral worthy perſons in England, for the relief of the unfortunate ſufferers by the fire in Roſeau, in the year 1781, before noticed; but which money, after it was ſent out to Dominica, could not be diſtributed to the perſons for whom it was intended, owing to the deaths of ſome, and the removal of others from the iſland ſoon after that heavy calamity; the reſt conſented with the Governor, Council, and Aſſembly, to its being appropriated in that manner.
This building will be a laſting monument of the generous and praiſe-worthy endeavours of Engliſhmen, to alleviate the diſtreſſes of their fellow-ſubjects, in a country ſo far diſtant from themſelves.
