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14. The health of the prisoners generally was well maintained in the prisons.
15. The discipline in all three prisons was good.
16. Prisoners are employed at printing, bookbinding, shoemaking, tinsmithing, matmaking, tailoring, carpentering, weaving, gardening, laundry work, cleaning and minor repairs to buildings. The bulk of the Government printing and bookbinding is done in Victoria Gaol.
IV. REMAND HOMES.
17. During the year 205 boys underwent sentences of detention for various crimes at the Remand Home for Juveniles (Boys), not under Prison administration and 58 girls underwent detention at the Remand Home for girls. The boys are given instruction in elementary reading and writing, as well as in rattan work, which teaches them a trade. The girls are given employment in house-work, laundry, and making and mending clothes. There are recreation facilities at both Homes.
There are also four Probationer Officers, two males and two females.
Lady visitors attend the Female Prison twice weekly to instruct long sentence prisoners in needle work.
18. Visiting Justices inspect and report on the prisons every fortnight.
Chapter XIV.
LEGISLATION.
Fifty-four Ordinances were passed during the year 1935. These and also the Regulations, Rules, By-laws and other subsidiary legislative enactments are published in a separate volume by the Government Printers. The fifty-four Ordinances comprised two appropriation, fifteen replacement, five incorporation, four consolidation, twenty-three amendment and five which were new to the Colony.
2. The Appropriation Ordinance No. 40 applied a sum not exceeding $28,840,416 to the public service for the year 1936, and Ordinance No. 30 appropriated a supplementary sum of $635,424.27 to defray the charges of the year 1934.
3. Of the fifteen replacement Ordinances, the Urban Council Ordinance (No. 7) substituted an Urban Council for the Sanitary Board, and repealed various Public Health and Buildings Ordinances. The Adulterated Food and Drugs Ordinance (No. 8) replaced the Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance, 1896.
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14. The health of the prisoners generally was well main- tained in the prisons.
15. The discipline in all three prisons was good.
16. Prisoners are employed at printing, bookbinding, shoemaking, tinsmithing, matmaking, tailoring, carpentering, weaving, gardening, laundry work, cleaning and minor repairs to buildings. The bulk of the Government printing and book- binding is done in Victoria Gaol.
IV. REMAND HOMES.
17. During the year 205 boys underwent sentences of detention for various crimes at the Remand Home for Juveniles (Boys), not under Prison administration and 58 girls underwent detention at the Remand Home for girls. The boys are given instruction in elementary reading and writing, as well as in rattan work, which teaches them a trade. The girls are given employment in house-work, laundry, and making and mending clothes. There are recreation facilities at both Homes.
There are also four Probationer Officers, two males and two females.
Lady visitors attend the Female Prison twice weekly to instruct long sentence prisoners in needle work.
18. Visiting Justices inspect and report on the prisons every fortnight.
Chapter XIV.
LEGISLATION.
Fifty-four Ordinances were passed during the year 1935. These and also the Regulations, Rules, By-laws and other subsidiary legislative enactments are published in a separate volume by the Government Printers. The fifty-four Ordinances comprised two appropriation, fifteen replacement, five incorpora- tion, four consolidation, twenty-three amendment and five which were new to the Colony.
2. The Appropriation Ordinance No. 40) applied a sum not exceeding $28,840,416 to the public service for the year 1936, and Ordinance No. 30 appropriated a supplementary sum of $635,424.27 to defray the charges of the year 1934.
3. Of the fifteen replacement Ordinances, the Urban Council Ordinance (No. 7) substituted an Urban Council for the Sanitary Board, and repealed various Public Health and Buildings Ordinances. The Adulterated Food and Drugs Ordinance (No. 8) replaced the Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance, 1896. The
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