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Sub-Enclosure to Enclosure 3.
Extract from the Superintendent's letter
Nr. 340 of the 25th July, 1876.
Par. III.
The power to order
flogging with
the rattan should not be entirely taken
away from the Superintendent. It should be left to his discretion to order either the
birch or the rattan.
The weight of the rattan to be used should be reduced from 4½ oz to
3½ oz.
The birch should be used in
all cases in which the Medical Officer considers the rattan to be too heavy
an instrument.
The birch only should be used
in the case of juveniles.
Par. XXIII.
I do not consider it necessary
to take evidence on oath and in writing