Female Committals at Dominica
during
in which
the first year the hair of all Female Convicts
was
cut, but at the same time
pointing out that, save for very
strong local reasons, you were unwilling to sanction a practice in the Colonies which had been wholly discontinued in England.
In reply, I have the honor to enclose the copy of a report made by the Superintendent of the Jail of this Colony in which he observes that the hair of Female Prisoners has never to his knowledge
been cut, and that the daily average of Female Prisoners for the last
30 January, 187
Six
279
years does not exceed six in a Chinese Female population of 27,611.
Your Lordship will also observe that the within Report
points out the little probability of
such a measure
being required for
any Sanitary
reasons.
As
the Chinese
of all classes are remarkable
for tidiness and cleanliness in all that concerns
them
and those resident in China, every ... more to be
I have the honor to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's Most Obedient,
Humble Servant
Richard Graves MacDonnell Governor.