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(xxxiii) That the treadmill as already provided for in the Rules should be resorted
to as a form of hard labour;
(xxxiv) That a fresh rattan should be used at every flogging;
(xxxv) That the Magistrates should have extended powers of ordering floggings up to twelve strokes, in lieu of other forms of punishment, in cases of larceny, assaults, riotous and disorderly conduct, etc., etc.
9. Annexed to this Report will be found the Evidence taken by the Committee and a number of other Appendices.
We have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servants,
T. SERCOMBE SMITH.
W. C. H. HASTINGS.
J. M. ATKINSON. (With reservations set
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