Question: General Description of the Prison: whether Common Gaol, House of Correction, or otherwise? (To be accompanied by a Ground Plan of the Buildings, &c.)
Answer: Common Gaol, House of Correction and the General Receiving and Convict Prison for the British Consular Ports of China and Japan. Also made use of as a Home of Refuge for Destitute Seamen and others.
Question: Under whose jurisdiction and superintendence; 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 forwarded with the Return.)
Answer: Under the jurisdiction of a Superintendent, immediately responsible to the Governor of the Colony, but also to the Magistrates and Justices of the Peace who visit weekly in rotation on certain days, entering their remarks on the Discipline and general management of the Gaol in a journal which is inspected by the Colonial Secretary.
Question: Number of Officers, and how appointed? Do all the Officers reside in the Prison? Are Female Prisoners attended by Female Officers exclusively?
Answer: Superintendent (appointed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies), Clerk, Warder, Interpreter of Chinese, Matron, Messenger, 12 European Turnkeys and 24 Indian guards, appointed by the Governor of the Colony. All the above-named Officers reside in the Prison. Female Prisoners are attended by the Matron only.
Question: 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?
Answer: 14 Classes & Wards.
| Category | Europeans | Indians | Chinese | Debtors | Prisoners on Remand | Misdemeanants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 10 | 41 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Exercise yards: The accommodation has been considerably increased during the past year by the removal of the Tower at the N.E. and the extension of Verandahs in the Gaol.
Question: Number of Sleeping Cells, Solitary or Dark Cells, &c.; and if any are below ground?
Answer: There are 11 Sleeping Cells of this description, and 2 separate Cells, and 2 Solitary or Dark Cells. None of the Buildings are below ground.
Question: Dietary or Weekly Allowance, and Weekly Cost per head for the different description of Prisoners? and under what system and control the Food, Medicine, and Clothing for the Prisoners is contracted for, or otherwise provided?
Answer: Prisoners receive weekly.
| Article | European | Indian | Chinese |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bread | 7 lb | 7 lb | 7 lb |
| Potatoes | 2 lb | — | — |
| Rice | — | 2 lb | 2 lb |
| Meat | 2 lb | — | — |
| Fish | 1 lb | — | — |
| Dholl | — | 1/2 lb | — |
| Ghee | — | 1/4 lb | — |
| Salt | 1/2 lb | 1/2 lb | 1/2 lb |
| Vegetables | 1 lb | 1 lb | 1 lb |
| Firewood | 14 lb | 14 lb | 14 lb |
Weekly cost of food for each European prisoner is 2s 6d. Chinese and Indian prisoners' food contracted for annually. Each European prisoner is provided with a bedstead, mattress, pillow, 2 blankets, sheets and bedding. Chinese have a mat and blanket only. All clothing supplied in accordance with Colonial Regulations. The cost for clothing and bedding for Europeans is about £12 per annum and for Chinese about £2 12s per annum.
Question: Allowance of Clothing and Bedding, and Cost per head?
Answer: (Answered in Question 6)
Question: Hours of Labour and Exercise?
Answer: The hours of labour are the same all the year round. Namely from 6 A.M. to 12 at Noon, and from 1 P.M. to 4 P.M. All prisoners in confinement are employed. Those in Solitary Confinement are allowed one hour's exercise daily.
Question: Description of Employment and Hard Labour?
Answer: Stone breaking, mat making, basket making, painting, cleaning and whitewashing inside of the Gaol. Also repairing roads of the Colony, building, and various other employments outside of the Gaol under the directions of the Surveyor General.
Question: Amount of Earnings, and how applied; in what proportion to the Prisoners, to the Officers, or the Fund for the maintenance of the Prison?
Answer: The amount of money paid into the Colonial Treasury for the past year has been £... but no return has been made to this Department of the value of Prison labour employed on the Public Works under the supervision of the Surveyor General.
Question: Whether the Classification directed by the Colonial Act has been observed: if not, for what reasons; and what measures have been taken to remedy this defect?
Answer: The Classification as directed by the Colonial Act has been strictly adhered to and found to work well.
Question: Are convicted Prisoners prohibited from receiving Visits, or Letters, or any articles of Food or Clothing from their Relatives or Friends: if not, under what restrictions?
Answer: Convicted prisoners may receive letters and be visited by their friends under the following restrictions: Felons, once in 3 months. Misdemeanants, once in 1 month. Debtors at intervals according to the Gaol Regulations. Visitors admitted between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. daily. On the day before the expiration of a prisoner's sentence his friends are permitted to bring in clothing for him. Debtors and Prisoners on Remand are allowed to receive food and clothing from their friends subject to the inspection of a Receiving Officer.
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RETURN of the GAOLS, &c.—continued.
QUESTIONS.
whether Common Gaol, House of Correction, or otherwise? (To be accompanied by a Ground Plan of the Buildings, &c.)
pointed? Do all the Officers reside in the Prison? Are Female Prisoners attended by Female Officers exclu- sively?
ANSWERS.
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RETURN of the GAOLS, &c.—continued.
QUESTIONS.
ding, and Cost per head ?
ANSWERS.
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the Public Worth under
The Alafrification as directed by the Act has
by the Colonial Act has been ob- buw slicitly adhered to and found to worth
cerved: if not, for what reasons ;
and what measures have been taken
to remedy this defect?
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from receiving Visits, or Letters, or any articles of Food or Clothing from their Relatives or Friends: if not, under what restrictions ?
friends under this fellowing witrections:.
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