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Questions,
XIII. What were the number and nature of the punishments inflicted for offences committed by pri- sonors nudergoing imprisonment ?
Answers.
The number of prisoners reported during the year was they were punished in the manner detailed below, viz.:-
4 with Rice and Water 1 day.
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Bread and Water 1 lay.
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2 days.
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2 days.
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Solitary Confinement on Bread and Water 1 day.
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Crank.
No. 1 Labour,
Forfeiter Marks,
Whipping awarded by the Assistant Superintend-
ent (Birch).
Whipping awarded by the Assistant Superintend- ent and a Justice of the Peace (Cat-o'-nine-tails).
027
XIV, la there, or are there, any Chaplain or Chap- lains of any and what religions persuasions?
XV. Aro religious services rogularly, or otherwise, performed for the benefit of the prisoners of any, and if any, what religions pursuasion?
XVI. Are Roman Catholic Priests and Disserting Ministers allowed free access to prisoners of their own persuasion, and are they apprised when prisoners of iheir respective persuasions enter the Prison?
XVII. What provision is made for the education of prisonera ?
XVIII. On what conditions is remission of im- primument granted?
XIX. llave Coroner's inquests boon hold on every occasion of a dunch in Prison during the past year, and what were the verdicts ?
XX-L What was the sanitary state of the Prison
during the year 1906 ?
2. What wore the prevailing diseases?
Protestant and Roman Catholic Chaplains are appointed.
Religious services wore held for the Church of England prisoners every Sunday.
The Prison is also visited by Roman Catholic Priests, who hold a service for both Europeau and Chinese prisoners of that persuasion.
A religious service is also held regularly overy Sunday morning for the benefit of Chinese prisoners by native clergymen belonging to St. Steplion's Church, Attendance voluntary.
They are allowed free access to the Prison at such hours às 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.
but all are supplied with religious nud other
None; useful books.
Every prisoner under a first sentence of imprisonment with hard labour for two years or upwards may earn remission of sentence by industry accompanied by good conduct.
The maximum remission obtainable by male and femalo prisoners is † and of the sentence respectively. Prisoners undergoing a second soutence of imprison- ment with bard labour for two years or upwards aru not allowed the privilege of earning any remission of thoir sentence during the first year of such second sønterce; but if their conduct and industry during the first year he approved of by the Assistaut Superintendent of the Prison they are allowed the privilege of curuing a remission of part in the case of a male prisonor, and in the case of a female prisoner } port of the remainder of their sentence on the samo torins ne prisouers under
first sentence.
Prisoners sentenced a third time or oftener to impri- sonment with hard labour for two years or upwards are not allowed to earn any remission of sentence.
Others have hul portions of their soutancos remitted on medical grounds, &c.
Yos, during the year there were 24 donths—excented, 4; natural causes, 19; murdered, 1.
Good.
Dysentery,
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