Table IV.
Return showing the Employment of Prisoners and the Value of their Labour, during the year 1910.
Description of Employment. Rate per diem. Males. Females. Total. Value of Prison Labour. Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday and Chinese New Year Day :-Cooking, Cleaning, Non-productive, - 10 ~2 12 c. C. Other Days:- 9 c. 59 40 - 59.40 Debtors, Remands, On punishment, Sick,... - 25 1 26 - Crank, Shot, Shot and Stone...... 18 c. 36518 92 143.00 In Manufactories :-
Book-binding, 20 c. 37 - 37 2,294.00 Printing, 20 c. 48 - 48 2,976.00 Printing labourers, 10 c. 14 - 14 434.00 Oakum-picking, 2 c. 91 5 96 595.20 Coir-matting, 15 c. 29 - 29 1,348.50 Shoemaking, 20 c. 12 - 12 744.00 Tailoring, 15 c. 18 5 23 1,069.50 Net-making, String-making, & ships' fender making, 10 c. 14 - 14 434.00 In Building :-
Carpentering and Fitting, 20 c. 20 - 20 1,240.00 In Service of the Prison :-
Laundry, 15 c. 39 8 47 2,185.50 Cooking, 12 c. 9 - 9 334.80 Cleaning, Whitewashing, 10 c. 25 1 26 806.00 - 32 c. 32 - 32 992.00 Total, - 531 16 547 15,655.90