" tender seapary for others an " amount of precaution which is superfluous in dealing with " Native Criminals And if they " escaped and succeeded in reaching the wilder parts of the Island they
would be enabled
by their superior energy " to Organize Gangs of Cattle Stealers and other lawless
" Characters who would not be
" put down without much trouble and risk - Ceylon " has no penitentiaries, " fortified places, no Lock
Yards with Guards Constantly
"mounted and Gates closed
" at night - The Military " Force here consists of only
360
and the " five Regiments, scattered over
an immense space " Police Establishment is barely
" sufficient for the wants of " five or three of the principal
Towns.
18.
The Correspondence
above recapitulated will show that this Government
has adopted all reasonable means to aid the Government of Hongking in disposing of
its Criminals who are sentenced