of Her Majesty's
dominions to which the Govt possesses the power of transporting them. Soldiers indeed might be received as Convicts in Western Australia, but it has been found impossible to provide Conveyance at Hingting for such prisoners to Western Australia
except at prices which
prohibited the measure
So far then as
regards Convicts sentenced
for terms
of years, it
must be for the Courts
of
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of justice to weigh in
the length of sentences
They award, as far as to them appears just and proper, the greatest severity of confinement
in such a climate as
that of Hong Kong Enclosed is a scale shewing the reduced periods at which Convicts who conduct themselves well in the English
Prisons are considered
to become eligible for release. It is time that these Convicts have an opportunity which
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