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Questions.
XIII. What were the number and nature of the punishments inflicted for offences committed by pri- sonors undergoing imprisonment?
XIV. Is there or are there, any Chaplain or Chap- luins of any and what religious porsuasions ?
XV. Are religious sorvicos rogularly, or otherwiso, porformed for the bonoflt of the prisoners of uny, And if any, what religions persuasion ?
XVI. Aro Roman Catholic Priests and Dissenting Ministers allowed froo access to prisonors of their own porsuasion, and aro they apprised whon prisoners of their respectivo permansions onter tho Prison ?
XVII. What provision is made for the education of prisoners?
XVIII. On what conditions aro romission of Im- prisonmont grantod ?
XIX. Havo Comuor's Inquests beon held on ovory ocension of a death in Prisou during the past your, and what wore the vordiots ?
XX.-
1. Whint was tho sanitary stato of the Prison
during the year 1887 ?
2. What wore the provnitting disonscs.
Answers.
The number of Prisoners reported for Prison Offences during the year 1897 was 11,174, ont of this number 951 were cantioned and admonished, and 10,220 were panishad in the manner detailed below, viz.:—–
4 with Solitary Confinement on Brend and Water
for one day.
4 with Solitary Confinement on Bread and Water
for two davS,
234 with Solitary Confinement on Rice and Water
for one day.
308 with Solitary Confinement on Rice and Water
for two days,
275 with Solitary Confinement on Rice and Water
for three days.
1,056 had Pork Ratious stopped.
12 sent to Separate Cells,
61 were placed on Crank Labour,
2,553
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ordered Extra Stone and Shot Drill.
192 relneed Penul Dier.
60 placed on Brend and Water, 1 day,
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142 were tried and Punished by Visiting Justices
and Superintendent.
102 Trivial Punishments.
221 Supper stoppel.
10,220
The Colonial Chaplain is ez-officio Chaplain of the Gaol.
Roligious servicos are regularly hold for the benefit of Episcopalian prisoners, and occasionally for Prosby- torian, and othor Dissonting prisoners.
The Prison is also visitol by Roman Catholic Priests, who hold a sorvico for both European and Chinoso prisoners of that persuasion.
A Roligious servico is also hold regularly evory Sunday morning for the bonolit of Chinose prisoners by native clergymon bolonging to St. Stephen's Church. Attendanco Voluntary.
They are allowed free access to the Prison at such hours ns do not intorfore with the discipling of tho Prison. Intimation is immodiately sont to any Minister or Pelust, if at any timo a prisonór oxprossos a osiro Lu soo him.
Nono; but all aro suppliod with roligious and other useful books.
Remissions of sontonces have boon granted under a system which was takon into consideration in May, 1877, viz., nil prisoners sontenced to a torm of jucar coration of 12 months and over havo boon granted i remission of one-third of their sontondo, provided that their conduct during their stay in Guól was good : others have had portions of their sentences remitted ou modical grounds, &c.
Yos, during the year there were 9 doaths, namely:-
7 Natural Canser.
2 Foto de se.
Good.
Fovar, Dobility and Abscess.