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RETURN of the GAOLS, &c.—continued,

QUESTIONS

1. General Description of the Prison:

whether, Common Gaol, House of Correction, or otherwise! (To be accompanied by a Ground Plan of· the Buildings, &c.).

Under whose jurisdiction and super-- intendence; and what measures are adopted for securing the Visitation of→ the Prison by the Local Magistrates or other authorities? (A Copy of the Rules and Regulations to be for- warded with the Return.)

3. Number of Officers, and how ap- pointed? Do all the Officers reside

in the Prison? Are Female Prisoners attended by Female Officers exclu- sively?

4. Number of Classes, Divisions, or Wards, Day-rooms, Work-rooms, and Airing-yards (with reference to Plan); and whether the same can be extended or increased?

5. Number of Sleeping Cells, Solitary

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

ANSWERS

Common Gast, House of Commotion and the geunah receiving and Corvis Prison for the British Consular Port of China and дараж

1710

to the

Worder the disction of a Superintendent, subject

Jovano immediately of the Glory but alas to the Mingishater and

visit weerely in Justion of the peace. relation at concertam hous, noting their

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discipline to of the frisor

The

in a journal which is inspected musely

de Colonial decutary.

ly

the superintendent (apprentest by secretary of state), are Clust, me Wardow, the Interqueer of Chimes, one Malion, one Messenger, Fifteen ungpreanturnkeys and thinly lus Indian Pennstays appreciated by the Governor of the Colony all officers reside in the prison, temate

attended by the nation wolusiedly fismer

Clopu of Wards, rig:-

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12 Enssuan.

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10 Airing or concise Yards, the accommécali has been causiduably increased &

fureter colended.

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There are 166 sleeping lith, of thine wo

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below ground.

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RETURN of the GAOLS, &c.——continued.

QUESTIONS.

6. Dietary or Weekly Allowance, and Weekly Cost per head for the dif ferent description of Prisoners? and under what system and control the Food, Medicine, and Clothing for the Prisoners is contracted for, or otherwise provided t

7. Allowance of Clothing and Bed-

ding, and Cost per head?

8. Hours of Labour and Exercise ?

9. Description of Employment and

Hard Labour?

10. Amount of Earnings, and how ap- plied; in what proportion to the Prisoners, to the Officers, or the Fund for the maintenance of the Prison?

11. Whether the Classification directed

ANHWERS

Pismen receive weekly, Chinee

Bufor Para mitions lime-Spa Fish fe or in lime kivine a

Engram

It ludian t

Brand

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Riss

2

Salt

Jall

44

firiond

Nagelatta.

The musely cost for food for each Conrogram pris.

is 95 carts and for

thikur 44 unl. Yonderd

174

aca remind

inthomenter the Sudan

supply of punision 17 fa du year Medicine are any fund by the hind topital and ther the thing pailty, purchased in the loting and frailty from Kugland!

ace clothed in acuo-planes

lack Emopean has a bidang, the blankets, as Mattie's Millow Chimes and Indique a mat and blanket only. All fuismes with the Colanial Singrains Order & cost for clocking and bedding. Ensofuam about $6. fur an chines aleat & 3.58 fu amuunt.

Thehown of labor are the rains all the year round, rig, from I Ain. to 14 at Now, and from 10.m. te's P.m. all firisoners many logedior in Solitary confinement take two hours we wuris daily.

"walking Home breasting, that marking, Partum fricting. Washing

Cleather & Bedding inside of the Opel, deaning repairing the Roads of the Colony, and afisting in working the Mint under the direction

Ginnal & Master of the hint The amount of thong paid into the Colonial

Reimbursement was £ £2.J.J., and Treasury if the daily average number of Chinese firesome

at 10 cents for repairing Reads & bo troben say days I the labor of Enopeams at 20 cents, the amount would be about £ 1636.9.2 which reould be a proportion of about 1 in 4'p to its gros ornnual rrependitions of the frison wittions including alteration and repainings to Cast which have been considerable during the past year.

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by the Colonial Act has been ob. The classification has been carried into

served: if not, for what reasons;

and what measures have been taken to remedy this defect?

12. Are convicted Prisoners prohibited

from receiving Visits, or Letters, or any articles of Food or Clothing from

effect.

add answers will.

Prisimen

may

receive visits or lector &. from. their friends under the following restriction: Jelonos

oves in stue amonitis, this derrianants once

in b weeds, On Rernand

ccording

la Gast Re. gulations, Deblos lill the hour of & P.M. daily (undays weeplids. The day before the of Lentines the friends of prismors

their Relatives or Friends: if not, Sundays weeplids. Thes

under what restrictions?

rexpriation

are allowed

to bring in docking. Debles and fursmen on Runand are allowed to receive ford t Ooiling from their firends.

and

Reasons

for Non

Prisoners (in reference