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"Return showing the Employment of Prisoners and the Value of their Labour, during the year 1931.

Rata

Description of Employment.

Daily Average Number of Prisoners.

i

per

Vulue of Prison Labour.

diem.

Males.

Females.

Total.

Sundays, Christmas Day, Good Friday and

Chinese New Year Day

Cooking.

Cleaning.......

Non-productive......

Totul, ..

...

Other Days :—

Debtors, Resmunds. Ou punishment, Sick...................

Crank Shot, Shot and Stone, ..

In Manufactories :—

Book-binding.

Printing.

Oakmu-picking,

Coir-matting,

Shoe-making.

Tailoring.

Net-making, String-nunking, and Ships'

fender-making,

Tinsmithing,

In Building :-

Carpentering and Fitting,

In Service of the Prison ; —

Laundry,

Cooking,

Clenning..

Whitewashing.....

Total.

6.

40

31

40

#7

45

830.80 1,206.00

963

64

1,027

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1,031

72

1.103

101

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112

U

40

8+

10,046.40

40

77

9,209,20

30

193

193

17.312.10

10

52

52

6,219,20

40

17

2,033.20

10

37

28

65

7.774.00

Bu

208

208

18,657.60

!

40

17

40

10

40

40

2 €663

21

90

25

115

24

2 5 2646

2,033.20

2.870.40

13,754.00

3,707.60

45

9,382.00

21

2,870.J0

997

69

1,064

108,906.10

Return showing the Basis upon which the Value of Earnings of Prisoners is calculated.

In Manufactories :--

Rate.

Book-binding,

Printing,

Husk-beating,

Chakum-picking,

Coir-nunking,

Shoe-making,

Tailoring,

Net-nmaking, string an i l'emder-making,

In Building :-

Bricklaying.

Carpentering and Fitting,

Painting,

In Service of the Prison :-

Laundry,

Cooking,

Cleaning,

Whitewashing,

40 cents per diem.

40

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40

30

11

40

11

40

40

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30

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999

40

10

40

40

40

40

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40

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• No charge is maile for prison labour for official work done for other Government Departments,

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