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their respective persuasions enter the prison.
heathen.
Native prisoners are generally
Q. 17. What provision is made for the education of prisoners P-A. None. Q. 18.-—On what conditions are remissions of imprisonment granted P-A. If a prisoner's conduct has been good while in gaol, it has been the practice, on the recom- mendation of the Judge or Resident Magistrate, to remit one-third of the sentence. Such remission is made under the hand of the Lieutenant-Governor. There is no law that entitles a prisoner to claim such remission, but the custom has gradually arisen. In cases of severe illness remission of sentence has been granted on the certificate of the medical officer attending the gaol.
Q. 19.-llave coroners' inquests been held on every occasion of a death in prison during the past year; and what were the verdicts -4. Coroners' inquests have not yet been established in Natal. In cases of death an inquiry is made under the authority of the Resident Magistrate, and a post-mortem examination conducted by the District Surgeon. Pietermaritzburg and Estcourt were the only gaols where any prisoners died during the year 1874, and in each case the necessary examination and report were made by the District Surgeon.
Q. 20.-1. What was the sanitary state of the prisons during the year 1874 P-A. Durban, excellent; Pietermaritzburg, very good; Estcourt, a good deal of illness, owing to crowding and want of exercise with regard to those committed for trial-a total want of accommodation for the sick; Verulam, healthy; Ladysmith, good; Greytown, good; Richmond, good; Newcastle, excellent; Umzinto, good; Stanger, good.
Q. 2. What were the prevailing diseases?.-A. Durban,-colds, slight fevers, and dysentery; Pietermaritzburg,—erysipelas, rheumatism, diarrhoea, and dysentery; Estcourt, rheumatism and disease of kidneys; Verulam,-venereal, wounds from assaults, fever, ague, and colds (the two former originating before the admission of the prisoners into the gaol). At Greytown, Richmond, Newcastle, Ladysmith, Stanger, and Umzinto gaols, there were no diseases.
Q. 21. What are, shortly, the rules as to diet. ?-A. The diet is that prescribed by the Lieutenant-Governor, under authority of Law No. 6, 1870, and slightly varies according to the term of imprisonment. The sick dict is that directed by the District Surgeon. At the gaols in the country districts, the dietary scale is followed as closely as circumstances will admit. The dietary scale is annexed.
SCALE of Prison Diet for Europeans.
Diet under Two Months.
Diet under Six Months.
Breakfast.
Daily.
Breakfast.
Sundays, Tuesday",
Fridays, Saturdays.
Wednesdays,
Mondays
Daily.
and Thursdays.
Daily.
Dinner.
Dianer.
Supper,
Mealio Meal.
*ming
Potatoes.
Bread.
Bread.
Potatoes.
O-Z8. ] UZS.
lb.
oza. ozs. lb.
12
1 8
1
1
∞ Meat.
OZN. 028.
0%.
2
1
Vegetables.
Oatmeal for soup.
∞ Brend.
oza..pt.
8
Grucl.
OZS.
lb.
OZA. Uzs.
0%. Oza.
1b8.
{
1
2
Bread.
Potatoes.
Meat.
Vegetables.
– | Oatml for Soup.
Bread.
Potatoes.
Breakfast same as under
Two Months.
Dinner.
Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays.
Dinner.
Mondays,
Fridays.
Wednesdays, and
Supper same as under
*First-class prisoners to have, on Sundays, 12 ozs, meat, Instead of 8 ozs.
First-class prisoners have 1 lb. meat and 14 lbs. potatoes on three days, instead of 12 oz. meat and
14 lbs. potatoes.
European women to have one-fourth less of the solids in the scale.
Europeans, not at hard labour, one-third less of solids,
Two Months.
Potatoes.
Dinner.
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Diet over Six Months.
Spure Diet.
Sundays,
Mondays,
Tuesdays, Thursılaya, Saturdays.
Wednesday's, and Supper.
Fridays.
Daily.
Oatmeal for Soup.
to & Vegetables.
Potatoes.
Dinner.
Daily. Breakfast. Dinner. | Supper.
OZS.
pt.
023.
lb. 079. 029. UZ. lbs.
028. oza. pt. ozs. pt. OZS.
pt. ozs. pt.
12
4
1
8
2
1 14
12
2
1
6
1
2
Meat.
Bread.
Gruel.
Bread.
Gruel.
Bread.
Gruel.
Broad.
Gruel,
1 ounce of salt to be issued daily to each
prisoner.
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