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Questions.
VI. Is ponal labour-that is labour by tread-mill, crank, or shot-drill-in force?
VII. If so, during what periods of imprisonment, in respect of what classes of prisouers, and during how navy hours is such penal labour enforced? In stating hours of troad-wheel labour, give first, the total time on and off the wheel, etc.; secondly, the length of apolls and interval of rest.
Answers.
All the prisoners of the above classes are separated at night, and in the yards, as much as possible.
There is no troul-mill labour, but shot-drill, crank- Inbour, 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.. to 4 P.M., one hour being allowed for dinner. When penal labour is resorted to, men on the crank have to complete revo- lutions not exceeding 12,300 per day; European pri- sonors at shot-drill do 4 hours, and Chinese prisoners. 4 hours per day, in spells of lalf an hour at a time, with stone-carrying or oakum-picking during the intervals.
VIII. What kind of labour, other than penal Inbour, is in use?
IX. If the prisoners are employed beyond the walls of the Gaol, state :—
J. How many escapes of prisoners, while being employed beyond the Gaol, have taken plaen during each of the last three years?
2. How are the profits, of their labour areounted
for?
X. What was the total nunnal cost of the Prison during the year 1890?
Tailoring, shoe making, carpentoring, grass, aud coir mat making, cane-chair making, ship swab uud fenler making, printing, Let making, white washing, cleaning, and incidental repairs to the Gaol buildings.
Prisoners are unt now employed beyond the walls of the Gaol.
26 Prisoners escapeil.
All eash earnings are paid into the Treasury headed as Prison labour. Amount during the year $5.955.22 of which $831.40 was for 1889, and $5,123.82 for 1890.
The total expenditure of the Guol in 1890 was $54,173.48, of which the sum of $1,715.98 was re- funded for the subsistence of Naval, Military Court Martial and Consulate prisoners, Debtors, &c., as fol- lows:-
Military, Naval,
$464,62
163.2.5
Consulates,
182.50
Debtors..............
119.02
Incidental articles subl. 1.
86.00
Fixed salaries refunded,.
147.24
Advance gerolltid, • Miscellaneous services,
233,00
40.35
$1,715.9%
X1. What was the annual amount of the prisoners' earnings during 1890?
XII. What are the number of the hours allutted for sleop? And, if sleep is in association, are the dormi- tories lighted; and low often are they patrolled during the night?
It has been eustomary in past years to show under this head the total cash earnings for Prison industrial labour during the year. This in 1890 amomted to $3,488.39 being the proceeds of oakum-picking, coir mut making, fender and swab making, net making and a smull recount for carpentering, tailoring, and shine- making. The cost of muterial purchased has not been deducted from this amount. This does not includo the value of labour for clothing and inatting maile in Gnol for Prison use, nor the value of Printing done for Public Offices.
The average time during which the prisoners sleep is about 11 hours in 24.
The dormitories are not lighted; but Gas is kept burning in all passages and corridors, and the Turnkeys on duty are provided with bulls-eyes lanterns, to throw light into the dormitories when required.
Turkeys are on duty in the Gaol throughout the night, and patrol the corridors and passages constantly,