Common Gaol, House of Correction, & penal Receiving and Convict Prison for the Consular port of China and Japan; is also used as a House of Refuge for destitute Europeans and the Chinese.
Under the jurisdiction of a Superintendent subject immediately to H.E. the Governor of the Colony and also to the Magistrates and Justices of the Peace who visit weekly in rotation on certain days, noting their remarks on the discipline & general management of the Gaol in a journal which is inspected weekly by the Colonial Secretary.
Superintendent (appointed by the Secretary of State), Clerk and Interpreter of Chinese, Warden, Matron, 14 European Turnkeys, 1 Chinese Gaol Attendant, and 19 Chain Gang Guards appointed by the Governor of the Colony. All officers reside in the Gaol. Female prisoners attended by Matron only.
| Class | Europeans | Indians | Chinese |
|---|---|---|---|
| On Remand | D | D | D |
| Misdemeanants | D | D | D |
| Felons | D | D | D |
There are 10 Airing or Exercise Yards.
There are 163 Sleeping Cells, of which number 8 are Solitary or Dark Cells. None of them are below ground. There are also 4 large Day Rooms.
Tenders are received in March for the supply of provisions during the ensuing year. The average cost of Food for European prisoners is $0.14 and for Indians and Chinese $0.05.
Each European prisoner has a Bedding, 1 blanket, 1 mattress, 1 pillow. Chinese have each a mat and blanket only. All prisoners are clothed in accordance with the Colonial Regulations, and the cost for clothing & bedding per annum is about $8.6 for Europeans and $3.00 for Chinese.
Hours of labor are the same all the year round, viz. from 8 A.M. to 12 M. and from 1 to 5 P.M. All prisoners unemployed in solitary confinement are allowed 1 hour's walking exercise daily.
Breaking stones, mat making, rattan furniture making, working on roads, cleaning and repairing the Roads of the Colony and various other employments outside the Gaol under the direction of the Surveyor General.
The classification as directed by the Colonial Act has been remarkably well observed.
Prisoners are allowed to receive letters and are visited by their friends. Misdemeanants are under stricter restrictions. Debtors and prisoners on Remand are allowed to receive food and clothing from their friends subject to the inspection of the receiving Officer. On the day before the expiration of a prisoner's sentence, his friends are permitted to bring in clothing for him.
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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-
ANSWERS.
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Superintendent (appronted by the Secretary of State), pointed? Do all the Officers reside Clarke and Interpreter of Chinae, Warden, Mation, in the Prison? Are Female Prisoners fonger; 14 European Turnkeys, ! Deblin' Gask attended by Female Officers exclu-Turtley, and 19 Chain Gang Guards affiointed ly the Gavour of the Colony. All office reside in the Gad. Tunale prisoners "attended" by Mation only..
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6. Dietary or Weekly Allowance, and
Weekly Cost per head for the diff (with).
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under what system and control the
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otherwise provided?
7. Allowance of Clothing and Bed-
ding, and Cost head?
per
8. Hours of Labour and Exercise ?
and for Indians and Chinese 35. Tenders are received in Maconter for the supply of provisions during the ursuring year.
lach hopean fuioner has a Bedrug; I blankiel's. I mattress, I pittore Chinese have each a mat ollantiet only. All frisoners are clostred in accs.dance with the Colonial Jurgenis vedere, and the rest for electing '& bedding lunofiroom is about 86, and Chinese $3.00 per armenn.. Hours of labor me the same all the year round, eig. from Janv. to 12 M. and from 1 to 5 PM All prismars unemployed. •colitary confinement are allowed I
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hours
9. Description of Employment and breathing, mat matting, satium fuiting, warking
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 ?
cloatiro and beading inside the Grot, cleaning and referring the Roads of stre. Colony and various scheng inplopments artside the Gaol under the direction of the Surveyor General..
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4. Number of Classes, Divisions, or Wards, Day-rooms, Work-rooms, and Airing-yards (with reference
Plan); and whether the same can be extended or increased !
12. Clafers & Wards, rig:.
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There are 10 Airing or Exercive Yards-
5. Number of Sleeping Cells, Solitary There are 163 Sheeping Cello, of which muruber,
or Dark Cells, &c.; and if any are below ground?
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11. Whether the Classification directed the classification on directed by the Act has been
by the Colonial Act has been ob strictly adhered to and works
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
any articles of Food or Clothing from
Prisoners
remarkably well!
frinde armay review letter, obe visited by strain.
Felons.
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ence in three marche. Misdemeanauto. mer in sind wietło.
On Remand according to the Gas Regulations. Deblow. at intinvalo intit & 1.M. daily.
their Relatives or Friends: if not on the day before the expiration of a prisoner's sentence
under what restrictions ?
his friends are fremmitted to bring
in clocking for him?
L'ebtors andt frisoners on Remand are allowed to receive food and clocking from their friends subject to the inspection of the receiving Officer..
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