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Questions,
XIII. What were the number and nature of the punishments inflicted for offences committed by pri- soners undergoing imprisonment?
XIV. Is there or are there, any Chaplain or Chap- lains of any and what religious persuasions?
XV. 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 Disscuting Ministers allowed free access to prisoners of their own persuasion, and are they apprised when prisoners of their respective persuasions enter the Prison ?
XVII. What provision is made for the education of prisoners ?
XVIII. On what conditions are remission of im- prisonment granted?
XIX. Have Coroner's Inquests been bold on every occasion of a death in Prison during the past year, and what were the verdicts?
XX.-
1. What was the sanitary state of the Frison
during the year 1888?
2. What were the prevailing diseases.
Answers.
The number of Prisoners reported for Prison Offences during the year 1888 was 5,338 out of this number 236 were dismissed, 688 were cautioned and admonishod, aud 4,414 were punished in the manner detailed below, viz.~-
1 with Solitary Confinement on Bread and Water
for two days.
10 with Solitary Confinement on Bread and Water
for three days.
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23 with Solitary Confinement on Rice and Water
for one day.
45 with Solitary Confinement on Rice and Water
for two days.
412 with Solitary Confinement on Rice and Water
for three days.
202 had Pork Rations stopped.
19 sent to Separate Cells,
132 were placed on Crank Labour.
17
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ordered Extra Stone and Shot Drill.
40 reduced Penal Diet.
12 placed on Bread and Water, 1 day.
46
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11
14
63
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1,353
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766
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Rice and Water,
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2 days. 3
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19
1 day.
2 days.
3
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120 were tried aud Ponished by Visiting Justices
and Superintendent.
147 Trivial Punishments.
995 Supper stopped.
4,414
The Colonial Chaplain is ex-officio Chaplain of the Gaol.
Religions 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 Minister or Priest, if at any time a prisoner expresses a desire to see him.
None: but all are supplied with religious and other useful books.
Remission of sentences has been granted to all l'rison- ers sentenced to a term of incarceration of twelve months and over, under the Mark System which came into operation on the 1st January, 1886, by which a Prisoner could earn the full remission of one-third allow- ed by the Governor if he shows himself industrious and loses nothing for misconduct; others have had portions of their sentences remitted on medical grounds, &c.
Yes, during the year there were 9 deaths, namely:-
12 Natural Canses.
Fairly good.
3 Felo de se.
Fever, general Debility and Abscess.