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Questions.
VI. Is penal labour--that is, laleur by tread-mill, crank, or shot-drill-in force ?
VII. If so, during what periods of imprisonment, in rospect of what classes of prisoners, and during how many hours is sneh penal labour enforce [? In stating hours of tread-wheel labour give--first, the total time on and off the wheel, etc.; secondly, the length of spells 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 Guol, state-
1. How many escapes of prisoners, while being employed beyond the Gaol, have taken place during each of the last three years ?
2. Now are the profits of their labour accounted
for?
Ansurers.
There is no tread-mill labour, but shot-frill, crank- Jabour, and stone-currying are in forre.
The hours of labour throughout the year are from the 1st March to the 31st Oet sber from 6.15 a.m. 10 1.15 pan., and from the 1st November to the 28th February from 6.15 a.m. to 4.15 p.m., one 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 45 hours in spells of half nú hour at a time, with stone- carrying of oakum-picking in the intervals,
Tailoring, -love-making, earpentering, grass and coir mat making, rattan work, printing, book-binding, net making, tinsmithing, washing, cleaning, and incidental. repnirs to the Gaol buildings.
Prisoners have not been employed outside the Gaol during the year.
X. What was the total annual cost of the Prison during the year 1901 ?
The total expenditure of the Gaol in 1901 was $77,587398, of which the sum of $ 1.672.29 was refiled for the subsistence of Naval, Military Court Martial prisoners, Debtors, &c., as follows: —
Military, Naval,
.5 2.238.80
1,418.75
Consulate,
13100
Debtors....
149.50
Waste food sold,
46.60
Personal Emoluments refunded,
95.85
Other Charges refunded,
306.21
Forfeitures,
227.09
Miscellaneous Receipts,....
58.19
$4,672,29
XI. What was the animal am out of the prisoners' carnings during 1901?
The total amount paid into the Treasury during the year on account of Prison Industrial Labour wits $4,641,08, of which 31965,18 was for 1903, and $4.45 1.90 for 1901.
XII, What is the number of the hours allotted for sleep? And, if sleep is in association, are the durmi- tories lightel; and how often are they patrolled during the night?
The average tim› daring which the prisoners sleɔp is about 11 hours in 24.
The cells are not lighted; but Gas is kept burning in all passages and corridors, and the Assistant Warders on duty are provided with lamps to throw light into the cells when required.
Assistant Wardders are on duty in the Gaol through- out the night, and patrol the corridors and passages constantly.