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# INDUSTRIAL TRAINING AND LABOUR DISTRIBUTION HONG KONG PRISON, STANLEY.
## Estimated
Industries. Average number employed. D/A prisoners value of work for the year. Estimated value of the work of one prisoner. Printers 227 $28,272.80 $124.55 Tailors 48 $6,014.00 $125.29 Carpenters 33 $4,145.20 $125.61 Tinsmiths & Blacksmiths 39 $4,873.20 $124.95 Shoemakers 19 $2,388.80 $125.73 Rattan workers 26 $3,232.40 $124.32 Matmakers 62 $7,694.00 $124.10 Netmakers 20 $1,860.90 $93.04 Painters 19 $2,344.00 $123.37 Total 493 $60,825.30 Labour Average number employed. D/A prisoners value of work for the year. Estimated value of the work of one prisoner. Laundry 70 $8,697.20 $124.25 Cookhouse 47 $6,903.20 $146.88 Gardens 25 $3,151.20 $126.05 Stone breaking (to August) 489 $40,324.80 $82.46 Prison Domestic 87 $10,904.80 $125.34 Total 718 $69,981.20 Outside Work Average number employed. D/A prisoners value of work for the year. Estimated value of the work of one prisoner. Upkeep of grounds 88 $7,488.00 $124.80 Agricultural 60 $864.00 $9.60 Levelling, rock removing, etc. (for 24 days) 30 $420.00 $14.00 Total 180 $8,772.00## Grand Total
1391 $139,578.50
# PRINTING SHOP.
23. The Printing Shop forms a separate branch of Prison Industries under the supervision of a Principal Printing Officer.
24. In 1938-24,224,808 forms were printed and issued to various Government Departments and 143,374 books bound or repaired as compared with 20,068,160 forms and 125,157 books in 1937. This constitutes a record output.
25. During the year the printing of the Ist Volume of the Regulations of Hong Kong and the Water Police Regulations was successfully completed.
26. The demands for stationery from the various Government Departments still continue to increase and in November a small committee was formed to go fully into the question of control of printing.
27. The prisoners employed in the Printing Department worked well and there was no trouble throughout the year.
The attached table shows the amount of printing done for the various Government Departments.