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Q. 14. Is there, or are there, any Chaplains of any, and what, religious persua- sions ?—A. There are Church of England and Roman Catholic Chaplains for the prisoners at the Royal Gaol.
Q. 15.-Are religious services regularly, or otherwise, performed for the benefit of the prisoners of any, and if any, what religious persuasion P—A. Religious services are regularly performed for the benefit of the Church of England and Roman Catholic prisoners at the Royal Gaol. Tho turnkeys in charge of the Convict Depôts, read the Church of England Service to the prisoners of that denomination on Sunday.
Q. 16.-Are Roman Catholic Priests and Dissenting Ministers allowed free access to prisoners of their own persuasion? and are they apprized when prisoners of their respective persuasions enter the prison ?-A. Ministers of all religious denominations are allowed to see prisoners of their own persuasion on week days during the hours they are not engaged at labour.
Q. 17.-What provision is made for the education of prisoners ?-A teacher attends every evening at the Royal Gaol from 5 to 6 r.M., and instructs felon prisoners in reading, writing, and arithmetic. At the Convict Depôts the same duty is performed by one of the turnkeys,
Q. 18. On what conditions are remissions of imprisonment granted?— A. Remissions of sentence can be earned by prisoners sentenced to more than twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour to the extent of one-fourth part of their sentences, by industry and good conduct, which is recorded daily by marks.
Q. 19. Have coroner's inquests been held on every occasion of a death in prison during the past year? and what were the verdicts P-A. Since the 1st November inquests have been held on all prisoners who died. No other verdict but death from natural causes was returned. There were no judicial executions in 1873.
Q. 20. (1) What was the sanitary state of the prison during the year 1873 ?— Very satisfactory. Besides subsoil drainage, we have the " established to some extent: it works well. The greatest cleanliness observed through- dry carth" system out the prison, and periodical lime washing to walls inside and outside. however, suffered from intensely severe pectoral diseases of inflammatory character We have, from the high northerly winds which have prevailed for several months towards the close of the year.
(2) What were the prevailing diseases ?-Diarrhea, dysentery, dropsy, arising from general cachexia, pliagedanie and other constitutional ulcers, syphilis, inflam- matory affections of the chest, especially bronchitis of intense severity,
Q. 21. What are, shortly, the rules as to diet ?-A. G30 A.M., pint of ginger tea and 2 biscuits. 9 A.3., 10 ozs. bread, 2 ozs. fish, half-pint of ginger tea. 4·30 P.M., 11 ozs. corn meal, 3 ozs. fish, except Sunday and Thursday, when 8 ozs. meat (with bone), 1 pint soup, and 10 oz. rice are issued at the same hour in lieu. Females and juveniles receive two-thirds of the above dinner allowance.
Criminal Statistics.
I.-OFFENCES.
TABLE showing the Number of Offences reported to the Police or the Magistrates
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II-APPREHENSIONS AND SUMMONSES.
TABLE showing the Number of Persons brought before the Magistrates' Courts by Arrest Warrant or Summons for Offences, and how their Cases were disposed of in the Magistrates' Courts.
Offences.
Number Discharged for want of Prosecution by the Party complaining,
want of Evidence.
or for
Number of Cпнев Dismissed
on the merits.
Number of
Persona Summarily Convicted.
Number of Persons Committed for Trial in the Superior Courts.
856
25
963 76
89
Offences against the person Prædial larceny Offences against property other than pradial lar-
1,555
..
52
ceny
340
273
314
8
Offences against Master and Servants Acts, including Acts relating to inden- tured cooliea
727
239
1,314
1,685
1,159
2,728
121
Total number of persons summoned or apprehended
4,359
5,395
218
Other offences
2,552
III. SUMMARY CONVICTIONS.
TABLE showing the Number of Summary Convictions for various Chisses of Offences, and the kind of Punishment inflicted.
Punishments.
Total Number of
Malicious
Assaults
and other
Offences Injuries to against the Property.
Person,
Prædial Larceny.
than
Offences
against
Masters and
Servants Acts,
Offences against
Offences against
Property other
Revenue Acts,
Highway Acts,
Health Acts, and
Malicious
Injuries to Property or
other Acts
including Acts
relating to the
relating to
Social Economy of the Colony.
191
Prædial Larceny.
287
indentured Coolies.
Other Offences.
312
1,315
Fine Imprisonment in lieu of fine or surety
2,604
679
43
51
100
541
50
14
13
22
10
30
402
Peremptory im-
prisonment 1,690
149
8
10
128
9
Whipping
819
569
7
3
Bound over with
sureties
294
80
3
211
5,226
958
63
74
254
213
1,164
2,500
or without
Total..
2:
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during 1873.
Total Number
Offences
of Offences Reported. against the Person.
Predial Larceny.
Offences against Property, other than Prædial Larceny.
Other Offences.
10,108
2,960
121
664
6,363
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