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muster the remaining prisoners, I did so
found
that one
hundred
were
deficient.
brought
at about now all the Convicts were
on
board and placed under hatches. The
first detachment of police had arrived
from
Hongkong about half
the Convicts were
taken
on
board I have
only a general
idea about the time that
any particular circumstance took place.
The system of working the Stone Boats Commencing about two months has
been that ten Convicts were
told off for they sculled
and pulled the boats to be laden and
unladen
and kept the boats Clean.
There
were
two Sculls and two oars
to each Stone Boat, the Stone Boats have
never been towed;
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Turnkey was in each
Stone Boat, the Convicts belonging to the
Stone Boat gang
which
formed part of the Store was under the guard of two
European Turnkeys, two European Constables
and three Indian Constables accompanied
by a Police Boat which police Boat should remain near to the boats when being laden
I know that this is the order, it has been
the custom to
Carry it out.
The number in the stone gang
has
varied occasionally, sometimes they have
amounted to 140, about a month or
weeks back the number was
diminished
because the Engineer at the stone wall
wanted more men; an Indian Constable was
also taken
away
to manage
the
gang