CO129-156 - Sir MacDonnell - 1872 [1-3]

0.8.0. No. 3,452.

HONGKONG, 28TH December, 1871.

(Received 29th December.)

SUPERINTENDENT OF VICTORIA GAOL

(F. DOUGLAS, Esquire.)

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Prisoners in the Colony from 1866 to 1871.

Return showing Daily Average Number of

YEARS. TOTAL NO. OF PRISONERS PARDONED, NO. OF PRISONERS BRANDED AND DEPORTED, OR BRANDED NO. OF PRISONERS DEPORTED, REMARKS. AND ORDERED TO LEAVE COLONY. AND NOT BRANDED, 1865, 8 1800, 124 25 The system commenced in November of this year. 1867, 214 237 51 1868, 228 204 1869, 110 58 1 1870, 77 8 31 The last case of Branding was on 6th May, 1870. 1871, 60 1 TOTAL, 847 592 175

Enclosure No. 4 in Governor Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell's Despatch No.921 of 11 January 1872

Victoria Gaol Office, Hongkong, 3rd January, 1872.

F. DOUGLAS, Gaol Superintendent.

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