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BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- [ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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RETURN of the GAOLS, &c.---continued.

QUESTION&

·I: General description of the Prison:

ANSWERS.

Common fail consisting of them detached Buildings whether Common Gaol, House of surrounded by a stove wall 162 feet high. At the Correction, or otherwise? (To be South-east and South-west, angles are erected two accompanied by a Ground Plan of Match-towers, in which a portion of the Priem

the Buildings, &a)

2. Under whose jurisdiction and super-

intendence; and what measures are

adopted for securing the Visitation of

guard reside, and overlook the feil compound. The Debtor's Riso is outside the above walls, is a

very insecure building, and totally inapplicable to it's present new -being portion of a house formarly. occupied as a private residence.

that of the Sheriff generally, and of the faster immediately - The prisons are visited then a work by the Chief and Assistant Magistrates

a Justice of the Peace.

the Prison by the Local Magistrates and a or other authorities? (A Copy of the Rules and Regulations to be for- warded with the Return.)

3. Number of Officers, and how ap- One Jailer,.

one Assistant Jailer, two Curnkeys. pointed? Do all the Officers reside the Jailer and his Assistant reside in a in the Prison! Are Female Prisonere of that building which now forms the Debtors postion attended by Female Officers ex-Prison, the two latter within the Prison walls. clusively i

The Prison is also protected by one Chinese and fouston Indian Guards, who reside within the walls. Female Prisment are attended by a female turnkey exclusively.

4. Number of Classes, Divisione, or Number of Classes 5... Divided into Chairs Wards, Day-rooms, Work-rooms, and Gang, Lard labour within Prison walls, Airing-yards (with reference to Plan); Simple Imprisonment, Men awaiting trish and whether the same can be extended, and Solitary confinement Portion of the

Onun yard is set aside for waking in- Airing yard one, which is sufficiently large for all purposes

or increased?

5. Number of Sleeping-cells, Solitary 144 Sleeping cells which are used as

or Dark-cells, &c.; and if any are below-ground!

solitary sells when required; 9 of there

ara calculated to contain & mow casts, and 6 6 mon each. Nove

below ground.

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RETURN of the GAOLS, &c.--continued.

QUESTIONS.

ANSWERS.

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6. Dietary or Weekly Allowance, and European Priemers, receive makly 34, the beef of the of Brand,

Weekly Cost per head for the dif- 7th Vegetables, 186. 5oz. Lugar, 38 oz. of tea, for the Soup ferent descriptions of Prisoners! and for man; per month, Weekly cost per head being fit. under what system and control the Colored prisoners receive wentely Rics 10 battals, Fish 14 to Food, Medicine, and Clothing for the or, of Fish, 8 Caels of begetables a day, with a partportion Prisoners is contracted for, or other of for Cooking. Weekly cost for head Y2 Food, wise provided?

is contracted for, and inspected by the failer. No blothing supplied. Medicine is supplied by Government, by toher, of Colonial Surgeon - pick are disted from Goament Civil Hospital, at discretion of the Colonial burgand

7. Allowance of Clothing and Bedding, Nove been applied.

and Cost per head?

Blankets have been supplied at 200

Seaton.

8. Hours of Labour and Exercise: Chinese labor from 6 ft. M. till duck, with interrals for meals in Europeans from 6. A. M. till to P.M., with, intervals for meals & Hours

of Exercite from 8 A. Ma. till 18.M. in the Veretiran

Hard Labour?

9. Description of Employment and Chiness and Colored Prisoners in working

the road, cleaning Poison, cooking meats carrying water. Europeans in breaking,

mside the Prison walls.

10. Amount of Earnings, and how up- Nome; all labour is on account of

plied; in what proportion to the Prisoners, to the Officers, or the fund for the maintenance of the Prison?

11. Whether the Classification directed by the Colonial Act has been, ob- served: if not, for what reasons; and what meamres have been taken to remedy this defect!

12. Are convicted Prisoners prohibited

from receiving Visits, or Letters, or

any artioles of Food or Clothing from

their Relatives or Friends: if not, under what restrictions?

Government.

Have not been furnished with the

Colonial Act

Not prohibited: may be prisited, or supplied with these articles at discretio of failer, and after mepection by him.