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Questions,

XIII. What were the number and nature of the punishments inflicted for offences committed by pri- soners undergoing imprisonment?

The number of Prisoners reported for Prison Offences during the year 1881 was 6,557; out of this number 219 were di charged, 1,045 were cautioned, and 6,293 were punished in the manuer detailed below, viz.:-

31 with Solitary Confinement only,

on Bread and Water, on Rice and Water,

Short periods.

Rice and Water 1 meal.

21

11

31

604

56

17

11

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2 meals.

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3 meals.

12 sent to Hard Labour from light work.

694 had Pork Ration stopped.

45 were placed in Separate Confinement. Short periods.

42

on Crank Labour.

39 ordered to have Extra Oakum to pick.

17

Shot or Stone Drill.

Reduced Penal Died 1 meal.

298

21

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2 meals.

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23

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3 meals.

(short periods).

7

1609

38 Locked up from other prisoners (short periods).

1 Received Corporal Punishment for Breach of Discipline,

34 Bread and Water only.

1 Punished by Visiting Justices and Superintendent. 855 Rice and Water only 1 day.

514

14

H

2 days.

656

11

+

3

16

6,293

XIV. Is there or are there, any Chaplain or Chap- lains of any and what religious persuasions?

XV. Are religious services regularly, or otherwise, performed for the benefit of the prisoners of any, and if any, what religious persuasion?

XVI. Are Roman Catholic Priests and Dissenting Ministers allowed free access to prisoners of their own persuasion, and are they apprised when prisoners of their respective persuasions enter the Prison?

XVII. What provision is made for the education of prisoners?

XVIII. On what conditions are remissions of im- prisonment granted ?

XIX. Have Coroner's Inquests been held on every occasion of a death in Prison during the past year, and what were the verdicts ?

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XX.-

1. What was the sanitary state of the Prison during

year 18817.

2. What were the prevailing diseases?

The Colonial Chaplain is "ex-officio" Chaplain of the Gnol,

Religious services are regularly held for the benefit of the Presbyterian and other Dissenting prisoners.

The Prison is also visited by Roman Catholic Priests, who hold services for both European and Chinese pri- soners of that persuasion.

All Dissenting Ministers are allowed free access to the Prison at such hours as do not interfere with the discipline of the Prison. Intimation is immediately sent to any Minister or Priest, if at any time a prisoner expresses a desire to see him.

None; but all are supplied with religious and other useful books.

Remissions of sentences have been granted under a system which was taken into consideration in May, 1877, viz., all prisoners sentenced to a term of incar- ceration of 12 months and over have been granted a remission of one-third of their sentence, provided that their conduct and character during their stay in Gaol was good; this system proving to have the desired effect upon the longer sentenced prisoners has been acted upon in most instances; others have been grunted on medical grounds, &c., and some under special local circumstances.

Two deaths occurred during the year 1881; in each case an Inquest was held, and the verdicts recorded from "Natural Causes."

Very Good.

Faver, Diarrhoea, and Debility.

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