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more particularly under a system of close confinement and wearisome monotony, in fact their employment without the walls of the prison is regarded by many of these prisoners as a fuèvilege.
Penal Servitude men. Under the present administration of the bolony the men released according to the Scale of remission laid down by the Directors of the Home Convict Prisons, and. applied here by
an order from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, have on receipt of a conditional pardon, been compelled without exception to quit the Colony. Under this classification there is
the Books of
ovre
instance on
a re conviction, the man in
but question having returned to the Colony. The relative proportion
and bad has been on the right side;
in conduct between the good and bad has been and I have bun at considérable kouble to put those men in the of earning an honest livelihood on leaving the Colony, whose ~ behaviour in Gack has been quiet, orderly and consistent with
reformation.
J
may
be allowed to mention that ench Firms as
way
Me for Jardine Matheson MC, Gibb Livingston Co, and others have liberally assisted me in getting the destitute portion out of the Colony, by granting them free passages on my recommendation. Note 2. Seamen coming to Gaol for refusal of duty. The largest
quote of men with short sentences is contributed by on Mercantits Marino, whole crews in
many instances coming into Gaol for
· refusal of duty, sacrificing wages and losing time sooner than proceed in their respective ships. It is painful to institute a Comparison between stiese men and Sailors belonging to the American Mercantile Service, comparison so much in favor
a
of the latter as, in my opinion, to point to the conclusion that the British Sailor before the mast is not wholly to blame. It will however be curious to observe whether the provisions of the New Mercantilo Marine act will cause a diminution
in the numbers of this class or otherwise. Note 3.
Imentar Prisoners. Victoria Gaol has hitherto been, and Still is, the receptacle of prisoners sentenced at the Treaty Ports of China and Japan, and the late long-continued prevalence of violencer and robbery in the North of Chins heiper-