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Questions.

XII. What were the number and nature of the punishments inflicted for offences committed by pri- soners undergoing imprisonment ?

Answers.

The number of Prisoners reported for Prison Offences during the year 1589 was 6,936 out of this umaber 201 wer 2 dismissed!, 639 were cantioned and admonished, and 6,196 were punished in the manner detailed below, viz,:— Z with Solitary Confinement on Bread and Water

for one day.

3 with Solitary Coutinement on Bread and Water

for two days.

27 with Solitary Confinement on Bread and Water

for three days.

65 with Solitary Confinement on Rice and Water

for one day.

48 with Solitary Coufinoment ou Rice and Water

for two days.

558 with Solitary Coufiuement on Rice and Water

for three days.

115 had Pork Rations stopped.

29 sent to Separate Cells.

92 were placed on Crank Labour.

6

11

ordered Extra Stone and Shot Drill.

2 reduced Penal Diet.

17 pinced on Bread and Water, 1 day.

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32

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94

Rice and Water,

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1,309

1 day. 2 days.

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1,706

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XIV. Is thero or are there, any Chaplain or Chap- lains of any and what religions persuasions?

XV. Are religions 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 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 ¡m- prisonment granted?

XIX. Havo Corouer's Inquests been held on every ocension of a denth in Prisou during the past year, nad what were the verdicts?

XX.-

1. What was the sanitary state of the Prison

during the year 1889?

1. What were the prevailing diseases ?

115 were tried and! Punished by Visiting Justices

and Superintendent.

177 Trivial Punishments.

1,704 Supper stopped.

6,196

The Colonial Chaplain is ex-officio Chaplain of the Gnol.

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 Europeau and Chinese prisoners of that persuasion.

A Religions service is also held regularly every Sunday morning for the benefit of Chinese prisoners bý native elergymen belonging to St. Stephen's Church. Attendance Voluntary,

They are allowed free necess 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 my 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 grunted to all Prison- 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- el 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 5 dentlis, uninely :-

4 Natural Cunees. 1 Felo de se.

Good.

Fever, Diarrhea and Dysentery,

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