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Questions.
XIII. What were the number and nature of the punishments indicted for offences committed by pri- soners undergoing imprisonment?
Answers.
The number of Prisoners reported for Prison Offences during the year 1885 was 6,463, out of this number 298 were dismissed, 835 were cautioned, and admonished and 5,836 were punished in the mannor detailed below, viz.:
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1 sent to Hard Labour from light work, 253 had Pork Rations stopped.
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121 were placed on Crank Labour.
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XIV. Is there or are there, any Chaplain or Chap- lains of any and what religious persuasions?
XIV. Are religious services regularly, or otherwise, performed for the benefit of the prisoners of any, and if any, what religious persuasion ?
XVI. Are Roman Catholic Priests and Dissenting Ministors allowed free access to prisoners of their own persuasion, and are they apprised when prisoners of their respective persuasions cater the Prison?
XVII. What provision is made for the education of prisoners?
XVIII. On what conditions are remission of im- prisonment granted?
XIX. Have Coronor's Inquesta boon held on overy occasion of a death in Prison during the past year, and what were the verdicts?
XXX.-
1. What was the sanitary state of the Prison
during the year 1885 ?
2. What were the prevailing disensos?
47 were tried and Punished by Visiting Justices and
Superintendent.
71 Trivial Punishments.
72 Supper stopped.
5,386
The Colonial Chaplain is ex-officio Chaplain of the Gaol.
Religious services are regularly held for the benefit of Episcopalian prisoners, and occasionally for Presby- terian, and other Dissenting prisoners.
The Prison is also visited by Roman Catholic Priests, who hold a service for both European and Chinese prisoners of that persuasion.
A Religious service is also held regularly every Sunday morning for the benefit of Chinese prisoners by native clergymen belonging to St. Stephen's Church. Attendance Voluntary.
They are allowed free access to the Prison at such hours as do not interfere with the discipline of the Prison. Intimation is immediately sent to any Mi- nister or Priest, if at any time a prisoner expresses ■ desire to see him.
None; but all are supplied with religious and other useful books.
Remissions of sentences have been granted under a system which was taken into consideration in May, 1877, viz., all prisoners sentenced to a term of incar- ceration of 12 months and over have been granted a remission of one-third of their sentence, provided that their conduct during their stay in Gaol was good; others have had portions of their sentences remitted on medical grounds, &c.
Yes, during the year there were 2 deaths, namely:-
2 Natural Causes.
Very Good.
Debility, Diarrhea, and Abscess.