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Questions.
VI. Is penal labour-that is labour by tread-mill, crank, or shot-drill-in force?
VII. If so, during what periods of imprisonment, in respect of what classes of prisoners, and during how many hours is such penal labour enforce? In stating hours of tread-wheel labour, give first, the total time on and off the wheel, etc.; secondly, the length of spells and intervals of rest.
VIII. What kind of labour, other than penal labour, is in use?
IX. If the prisones aro employed boyond the walls of the Gaol, state :—
1. On what kind of work they are so employed?
2. How are they supervisod?
3. How may escapos of prisoners, while being emploped beyond the Gaol, have taken place during oach of the last three years?
4. How are the profits of their labour nocounted
for?
X. What was the total annual cost of the Prison during the year 1889?
XI, What was the annual amount of the prisoners' carnings during 18891
XII. What are the number of the heam allotted for sleep? And, if sleep is in association, are the dormi- tories lighted; and how often are they patrolled during the night?
Answers.
All the prisoners of the above classes are separated at night, and in the yards, as much as possible.
There is no trend-mill labour, but shot-drill, crank- labour, stone-carrying and oakum-picking are in force.
(See question IX).
The hours of labour for all prisoners in this Colony throughout the year are from 7 A.M, to 4 P.M., one hour being allowed for dinner. When penal labour is resorted to, men on the crank have to complete revo- lutions not exceeding 12,500 per day; European pri- soners at shot-drill do 3 hours, and Chinese prisoners 4 hours per day, in spells of half an hour at a time, with stone-carrying or oakum-picking during the intervals.
Making and Washing the whole of the clothes bed- ding, &c. for the Civil and Lock Hospitals; grass and coir mat making, tailoring, shoemaking, carpen- tering, and printing, cleaning, and executing all inci- dental rapairs to the Gaol buildings.
Now Civil Hospital site.
By 1 Head Turnkey, 1 European Turnkey, 7 Assist- ant Turnkeys, and 4 Guards.
Three (Ono recaptured.)
Deducting the amount due or received for the sub- sistance of Naval and Military Court-Martial and Consulate and Foreign Seaman prisoners, Debtors, &c., during the year, $1,011.75, and $2,850.03 re- presenting the prisoners' earnings, the total ex penditure of the Prison during the year 1örə $44,889.54.
The amount of prisoners' earnings during the year 1883 was $2,860.09 being the proceeds of oakum- picking, grass and coir mat making, washing and mending clothing for the above Departments, this being generally the only profitable work carried on in Gaol, the greater number of the prisowers being kept to penal labour. This does not include the value the labour on Public Works which can only Estimated by the Survey Department neither does it include the value of the printing for the different Public Ofoes.
The average time during which the prisoners sleep is about 11 hours in 24.
Gas is kept burning in all pamages and corridors. Turnkeys are on duty in the Gool throughout the night, and petrol the cerridars and pamages constantly.