Table IV.
Return showing the Employment of Prisoners and the Value of their Labour, during the year 1908.
Daily Average number of Prisoners. Description of Employment. Value of Prison Labour. Males. Females. Totals. SUNDAYS, CHRISTMAS DAY, GOOD FRIDAY AND CHINESE NEW YEAR'S DAY Cooking, Cleaning,.. 10 10 66.00 Non-productive, 23 24 47 132.00 Totals,...... 419 12 431 152 13 165 OTHER DAYS:- Debtors. Remands, Unconvicted, Sick,......! 2005 36 2041 Crank, Shot, Shot and Stone, 57 57 In Manufactories :- Book-binding,... 18 18 559.80 Printing,... 41 41 2,550.20 Printing labourers,.. 16 16 861.20 Oakum picking, 65 65 404.30 Coir-matting, 36 36 1,679.40 Shoe-making, 13 13 808.60 Tailoring..... 15 15 699.75 Net-making, String-making, and Ships' fender-making, 48 48 1,492.80 In Building: -- Carpentering and Fitting, 13 13 808.60 In Service of the Prison -- Laundry,... 19 8 27 1,772.70 Cooking, 10 10 20 373.20 Cleaning, 23 24 47 746.40 White-washing, 5 5 155.50 Totals,..... 465 $15,110.45£52