2.
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2.
After careful enquiry.
into this matter I have come
in
to the conclusion that, though the number of floggings flicted may appear large, they
could not have been reduced
without impairing the disci- pline of the Gaol. Each case of breach of discipline
is tried
on
its own merits and the
punishment of flogging by a
ratton on the breech is resorted to only when prisoners have wilfully destroyed prison.
property
property,
assaulted officers
or
fellow prisoners, or have been guilty of repeatedly disobeying
the more
important Gaol the..
gulations, including conspiracies and combinations for wrong
purposes.
3.
I would invite
your
attention to the fact that - while the floggings inflicted
the
in 1894 amount to 208, total number of Gaol punish-
ments was 5,120, and I am able
to state that, in the great
ma
jority