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had been fortunately suppressed, without bloodshed, by the energetic action of the Acting Superintendent, Mr. Mitchell-Innes, and his subordinates, aided by some of the Military and Naval prisoners.
I have visited the Gaol twice since then, and found everything quiet and in order. There has been a marked falling off in the number of prison offences committed since the suppression of this outbreak, and the Captain Superintendent of Police informs me also, that there has been a very considerable falling off lately in the number of crimes and offences; but whether this is due to the reduced meat rations now given, and the stricter discipline enforced in Gaol, he is unable to say.
The fact of such reduction in the rations having been made, is generally known in the Colony, and I have reason to believe that imprisonment is, consequent upon