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RETURN of the GAOLS, &c.—continued,
QUESTIONS.
1. General Description of the Prison:
whether Common Gaol, House of Correction, or otherwise? (To be accompanied by a Ground Plan of the Buildings, &c.)
2. Under whose jurisdiction and super- intendence; and what measures are adopted for securing the Visitation of the Prison by the Local Magistrates or other authorities? (A Copy of the Rules and Regulations to be for- warded with the Return.)
3. Number of Officers, and how ap- pointed? Do all the Officers reside in the Prison? Are Female Prisoners attended by Female Officers exclu- sively?
4. Number of Classes, Divisions, or Wards, Day-rooms, Work-rooms, and Airing-yards (with reference to Plan); and whether the same can be extended or increased!
5. Number of Sleeping Cells, Solitary or Dark Cells, &c.; and if any are below ground!
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ANSWERS
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Garl is a new structure, built of the hard stone and Bricks, preantias to the Island of Hong Kong. It stands on the north side in a central position of
the Settlement of Victoria fronting and overlooking the tharbon at a height of 176 fut above sea level Nictoria. ન and about 1580 feet below the Peak It's length is 3528 feet, running East and Wish and breadth 110 MWorth and south. It's height is about to feet. The position is as good. be desired in a sanitary porn't of Viva, the drainage is good, and there is a filentiful supply of water.
Under the directim of a Superintendent the subject more immediately to the Gourner of botomy, but also to the Local magistrates, and- Justices of the Peace, who visit in rotation weekly, according to instructions from the bolmial" Secretary. the Visiting Magistrates note
Journal.
their Visits and remarks in a
(Regulations attaches)
One Superintended appointed by the Secretary of State, One Warden, blerk, Interprete Mation, Messenger, one Head Turnkey Seven Europeans, and Eleven Indians appointed by the governor of the Colony. Female prisoners
are attended by the motion exclusively.
all officers reside in the Priom.
There an
Fen classes or mards for prisoners divided as follows: European
belons, European Misdemeanants Everfican untried, chines Felons, Chinees misdemeanants, Chinese untried Fematis, Indians tried and dong. sentried, and Debtor. There is no Rooms, but Threi unk sheds, and seven Airing yards.
Show yards are
spacino and can be increased by extendeds.
There
are 146 sleeping cells for Enropeans, Chinese, Indians to theread solitary and donk cells, but none under ground. The garl will accommodate 166 in reparato cello, and about box in accsciation of 3,5,m.q.
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RETURN of the GAOLS, &c.—-continued. -
QUESTIONS.
6. Dietary or Weekly Allowance, and Weekly Cost per head for the dif- ferent description of Prisoners? and under what system and control the Food, Medicine, and Clothing for the Prisoners is contracted for, or otherwise provided?
7. Allowance of Clothing and Bed-
ding, and Cost per head ?
8. Hours of Labour and Exercise?
9. Description of Employment and
Hard Labour ?
10. Amount of Earnings, and how ap- plied; in what proportion to the Prisoners, to the Officers, or the Fund for the maintenance of the Prison?..
11. Whether the Classification directed by the Colonial Act has been ob- served: if not, for what reasons; and what measures have been taken to remedy this defect?
12. Are convicted Prisoners prohibited from receiving Visits, or Letters, or articles of Food or Clothing from their Relatives or Friends: if not, under what restrictions?
any
ANSWERS.
European prismers receive weekly 7 th of Bread 54 the of Beef
or Pork without Bone, 7th of vegetables 14% of. sugar, the of tea salt and beap, and 14th of firewood at a cost of 1.2bct each. Chinese and malam prions w in law receive weekly 12 th of Rice 15 th of fish, thereof twice a week, 23 th of vegetables is
of tea salt and Soap and Fireword tu be at a cost
of p.4g ct each. Food is contracted for yearly. Medicine supplied from the bivil Haputal! Clothing for prisoners to made in Gool, and the materials - obtained by Contract undu Authority of Haie
The Governor. Excellency
All Felons, and niodemeanants sentenced to sure than is weeks hard labour, are supplied with prison Clothing Europeans are
furnished with Beddet But Chinese & are allowed only a Blanket and Mat; the daily overage number of prisoners during year being $333, the Cord for head for treading tammuunp to $5.both nearly
and Clothin
from
In Summer time, the hours of labour are b.a.m. ts. P.M. in Winter from 7.a.m. t. 4.P.3. with intervals for Meats. The Chinese and Indian] prisoners take walking exercise from Nom k 1. P.m. Haily. Prisoners in solitary confinement are allowed one hour's walking exercise morning and Everring.
and
Oakun picking. That making." Stone Breaking inside the Gool; Repairing Roads and cleaning suurivanced unida the Surveyor General's Department onlaide the garl.
Cash, Proceeds of Gad Labour, amounting to $1008.91 cto has been paid into the boloniale Fecasury
in 1865, and bears a proportion to the hole co of the Gost as one is to 30 minty.
The Classification is carried out according
to bolonial ordimanes, and swortła well.
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Convicted prismers may receive from the friends, a visit for a letter once in three months
duction of a written orda by bftence on the pre Magistrate, or at the disuction of the yar. Superintendent. Clothing if necessaly may ho received by prisons, after it has been examined but only the day before liberation; Debtors or late prisoner's only ate allowed to receive food from the friends.
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