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Questions.
XIII. What were the number and unture of the punishments inflicted for offences committed by pri- somers undergoing imprisonment?
Answers,
The number of prisoners reported during the year was 957; they wore punisher in the mannor detailed below, vix. :—
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XIV. 13 there, or are there, any Chaplain or Chap- Inins of any and what religious persuasions ?
XV.—Are religions services regularly, or otherwisu. performed for the benefit of the prisoners of any, and if any, what religions persuasions ?
XVI.—Are Roman Catholic Priests aul 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 is remission of im- prisonment granted?
XIX.--Have Coroner's inquests been held 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 Prison
during the year 1911 ?
2. What were the prevailing diseases?
Protestant mul Roman Catholic Chaplains are appointed.
Religious services were held for the Church of England prisoners every Sunday,
The Prison is also visited by Roman Catholic Privats, who hold a service for both European and Chinese prisonors of that persuasion.
A religions service is also held regularly every Sunday morning for the benefit of Chinese prisoners by native clergymen belonging to St. Stephen's Church, Attendance volttutary.
They are allowed free access to the Prison at such hours as do unt interfere with the discipline of the Prison. Intimation is immediately eut to any Minister or Priest, if at any time a prisoner expresses a dosire to see him.
None; but all are supplied with religious and other useful books.
Every prisoner under a first sentence of imprisonment with hard labour for two years or upwards may earn remission of sentence by industry accompanied by good
conduet.
The maximum romission obtainable by mulo and female prisoners is and of the scutence respectively. Prisoners undergoing a socoml seurenes of imprisou- ment with hard labour for two years or upwards are not allowed the privilege of carning any remission of their soutence during the first year of such second sentence; but if their conduct and industry during the first your be approved of by the Assistant Superintendent of the Prison they are allowed the priviluge of earning a remission of part in the case of a milo prisoner, and in the case of a femalo prisoner å part of the remainder of their sentence on the same terms as pris,uers under a first sentence.
Prisoners senteneod a third time er oftquer tu împri- sonment with bard labour for two years or upwards are not allowed to earn uny remission of sentence.
Others have bad portions of thoir sentences remisted on medical grounds, &c.
Yes, during the year there were 11 deaths-natural ennnes 8, suiuide 1, execution 2.
Good.
Simple Fevor.