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informe. Mit Jarman if he enquired that I had gone there in hope something could be done, he said no. The Convicts had escaped; he then told me I should try and intercept them. Before I got there I saw some sampans and asked them for information; they told me they had not seen any Convicts but that there was a pirate Proa laying in the bay rounding the point. I saw it and pulled towards it; the people left the Proa; the first sampan reaching the shore, the second was upset - I picked up her crew, who said they had been captured by Pirates. I took the boat in custody. And shortly afterwards I saw Mr Jarman, I asked him if any had gone to Sumchun. We got into the Boat and returned to the Stulk; it was past six then.
I have never had any special instructions about the number of Police boats to be kept at Stone Cutters' Island.
I am Maximiano Collage, I am in charge of the jail at Stone Cutters Island and have been so since its establishment. The number of Police Boats attached to the Establishment is three - never more. The first Stone Cutters' boat was sent by the Surveyor General, I cannot...