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VI. Is penal labour-that is labour by tread-mill, crank, or shot-drill-in force ?
VIL. 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 interval of rost.
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 1.3., one bour 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.
VIII. What kind of labour, other than penal labour, is in use?
IX. If the prisoners are employed beyond the walls of the Gaol, state :—
1. On what kind of work they are so employed?
2. How are they supervised?
8. How many escapes of prisoners, while being employed beyond the Gool, have taken place during each of the last three years?
4. How are the profits of their labour accounted
for?
Making and Washing the whole of the clothes hed- ding, &c. for the Civil and Lock Hospitals; grass and coir mat making, tailoring, shoemaking, carpontoring, and printing, cleaning, and executing all incidental repairs to the Gaol buildings.
New Civil Hospital and Victorin College Sitos.
By 1 Head Turnkey, 1 European Turnkoy, 7 Asaist- ant Turnkeys, and 4 Ġnards.
Three in 1883 (Ono recaptured in 1883, and another in 1884.)
-X. What was the total annual cost of the Prison during the yoar 1884?
XI. What was the annual amount of the prisoners' earnings during 18847
XII. What are the number of the bours allotted for sleep? And, if sleep is in association, are the dormi- tories lighted; and how often are they patrolled during the night?
The total expenditure of the Gaol in 1884 was $46,385.82, of which the sum of $1,403.25 wan re- funded for the subsistence of Naval and Military Court Martial and Consulate, and Foreign Seaman prisoners, Debtors, &c.
The amount of prisoners' carnings during the year 1884 was $2,161.18 being the proceeds of oakum- picking, coir mat making, washing and mending cloth- ing for the above Departments, this being generally the only profitable work carried on in the Gaol, the greater number of the prisoners being kept to penal labour. This does not include the value of the labour on Public Works which can only be estimated by the Survey Department neither does it include the value of the printing for the different Public Offices.
The average time during which the prisoners sloop Is about 11 hours in 24.
Gas is kept burning in all passages and corridors. Turnkeys are on duty in the Gaol throughout the night, and patrol the corridors and passages constantly,