96
ere
· long-have been
required in addition
to those whendy existing. Such a result to be not at all improbable
would
because
appear
om/
the 34th of October 1865, the
in both
total number
buth Gads had again
I have
risen from 520 in 1862 to 876-
no doubt therefore that, unless
some
change
in the system of dealing with prisoners had been adopted, the number
now
Gaol would probably be nearly 1100,
whereas the
average
10.
This extraordinary and satisfactory
change has mainly been brought about
by
four
distinct
1th by the
of
operation of Ordinance No 12
which flogging
1865.
was added to the
punishment of those, who at the time
of commission of any crime
were armed with any offensive weapons
or
were
guilty of violence against the person This! however could not of itself have produced
the results
the
now
attained because throughout
first eight months
of last
year
there
very large increase
of Prisoners
No over
1865.
in
the number
11. Secondly I attribute that result to
the gradual improvement in the constitution of the Police Force-
been
a work of great difficulty and labor, which has
only partially carried out but which nevertheless has already
operated
as
yet;
of the
less frequent visit to this Colony of criminals from the adjacent provinces
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