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Questions,
VI. Is penal labour-that is, labour by tread-mill, crank, or shot-drill-in force?
VII.-If so, during what periods of imprisonments, in rospect of what classes of prisoners, and during how many hours, is such ponal labour enforced? In stating hours of treail-wheel labour, give, first, the total time. on and off at the wheel, etc.; secondly, the length of spells and intervals of rest.
VIII. What kind of labour, other than petal labour, is in use?
IX. If the prisoners are employed beyond the walls of the Gaol, state-
1. On what kind of work they are so employed. 2. How are they supervised ?
3. How many escapes of prisoners, while being mployed beyond the Gaol, have taken place. suring each of the last three years?
4. How are the profits of their labour accounted
for.
X.-What was the total annual cost of the Prison during the
year 1912 ?
Answers.
There is no trea:l-labour, bent shot-drill, crunk- labour, carrying stone and stone breaking are in force.
The hours of labour throughout the year are from the 1st March to the 31st Oet iber from 6.15 năn, to 4.15 pum,, and from the 1st November to the 28th February From 6.45 a.m. to 4.15 pau, one hour being allowed for dinner. Prisoners at erank lalwar, full task, have to complete 12,500 revolutions at a 12 th. pressure. European and Chinese prisoners at shot-drill do 44 hours in spells of hit an Iour at a time, with stone- carrying or oskum-picking in the intervals.
Tailoring, shoe-making, carpentering, grass and coir mat making, rattan work, printing, book-binding, tinsmithing, washing, cleaning, ual incidental repairs to the Prison buildings.
Prisoners have not been employed outside the Gaol during the year.
The total expenditure of the Gnol in 1912 was $97,577,82, of which the sum of $1,462,50 was refunded for the subsistence of Naval, Military Court Martial prisoners, Debtors, &e., as follows:-
Debtors......
Prisoners sentenced by the Marino
Magistrale,
Wei-hai-wei Prisoners,
$173.25
384,90
67.20
Shanghai Prisoners,
232.75
Naval Prisoners,
59.80
Military Prisoners,
8.40
Vagrants.
57.00
Waste Food sokl,
147.00
Forfeitures,
33.20
$1,462.50
XI. What was the annual atnɔnut of the prisoners' earnings during 19127
XII.—What is the uumber of the hours allotted for sleep? And, if sleep is in association, are the dormi- tories lighted? sud how often are they patrolled during the niglit?
The total amount paid into the Treasury during the year on account of Prison Industrial Labour was $4,636.0%, of which #171.1% was for 1911, and $4,461.90 for 1912.
The average timo during which the prisoners sleep is about 11 hours in 24.
The colls of the Victoria Guol are not lighted, bar gas is kept horuing in all passages and corridors, and the Assistant Warders ng duty are provided with lamps to throw light into the cells when required.
Assistant Warders are on duty in the Gaol through- out the night, and patrol the corridors, passages and yards of the prison constantly. The patrols um visited every hour by a Principal Warder. The As- sistant Superintendent makes one surprise visit ench week after 9 p.m.