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Answers.
VI. Is penal 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 many hours is such penal labour enforced? In stating hours of tread-wheel labour give--first, the total time on and off the wheel, etc.; secondly, the length of spolls and interval of rest.
VIII. What kind of labour, other than penal labour, is in use?
IX. If the prisoners are employed beyond the walls of the Gaol, state—
1. How many escapes of prisoners, while being
employed beyond the Gaol, have taken
placo during each of the last three years?
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2. How are the profits of their labour accounted
for?
X. What was the total annual cost of the Prison during the year 1899?
Thero is no troud-mill Inbour, but shot-drill, crank- labour, and stone-carrying are in force.
The hours of labour throughout the year aro from the 1st March to the 31st October from 6.15 to 4.15 p.m., and from the 1st November to the 28th February from 6.45 a.m. to 4.15 p.m., ono hour being allowed for dinner. Prisoners at crank labour, full task, have to complete 12,500 revolutions at a 12 lbs. pressure. European and Chinese prisoners at shot-drill do 43 hours in spells of half an hour at a time, with stone- carrying or oakum-picking in the intervals.
Tailoring, shoe-making, carpentering, grass and coir mat making, rattan work, printing, book-binding, not making, tinsmithing, washing, cleaning, and incidental repairs to the Gaol buildings.
Prisoners have not been employed outside the Gaol during the year.
The total expenditure of the Gaol in 1899 was $63,820.27, of which the sum of $3,147.42 was refunded for the subsistence of Naval, Military Court Martial prisoners, Debtors, &c., as follows:-
Military, Naval,. Consulate,
............$ 948.20
803.00
92.50
Debtors,
542.00
Waste food sold,
42.00
Personal Emoluments refunded,.
2.46
Other Charges refunded,...........................
85.79
Forfeitures,
350.53
Miscellaneous Receipts,
280.94
$3,147.42
XI. What was the nunual amount of the prisoners' carnings during 1899?
The total amount paid into the Treasury during the year on account of Prison Industrial Labour was $4,525.11, of which $198.07 was for 1898, aud! $4,327.34 for 1899.
XII. What is the number of the hours allotted for sleop? And, if sloop is in association, are tho dormi- torios lighted; and how ofton are they patrolled during the niglit?
The average time during which the prisoners sleep is about 11 hours in 24.
The cells aro not lighted; but Gas is kept burning in all passagos and corridors, and the Wardore on duty are provided with lamps to throw light into the cells when required.
Warders are on duty in the Gaol throughout the night, and patrol the corridors and passages constantly.