discipline and supervision is concerned. During the East fivelve
aund
mouths, 23 men have been appouited to the Gave staff to fill up vacancies caused by dismissal
resignation, principally the Eather. Men arrive in the Colony and seek emplapment; failing
come to the Gaol under the weekly
first to do so, they
and
engage
monthly system and remain
Øy
until it suits their own convenience
to leave. Some of our best and most experienced officers have resigned,
having obtained emplopment in the Chinese Custom, Public Works - Department
& where they get far better pay.
cannot be
The Gaol discipline
mamitanied
properly
account of these constant changes,
Just
as
men have been taught
their duty
ad
Turnkeys they send in
their
*
resignation
or convuit the uretres
so as to be dismissed.
I would call oftention
Enclosure to * C.3.0 1846 of 1889 in which General
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Gordon and I called attention to
1 just a year ago,
the subject, this was
having 35 Europeans shows that something should be done to prevent these
and the fact of 23 appointmento
in been made mi a staff of
constant changes and to provide better men who will remainin the service and not make the Gool merely as a kind of fotel for the time being.
I have
biqued / F. 6. Dempster.
Acting Supernitendent.
Ion : Mr. M. Deane, que.
Act. Colonial Secretary.
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