1937 — Page 399

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Return showing the Employment of Prisoners and the Value of their Labour, during the year 1937.

Rate

Daily Average Number of Prisoners,

Description of Employment.

per diem.

Value of Prison Labour.

Males.

Females.

Total.

I

At

C.

Sundays, Christmas Day, Good Friday and

Chinese New Year Duy

Cooking.

Cleaning.....

Nou-productive,

Totul,

40

45

16

61

1,634.80

40

86

9

95

2,546.00

2.084

221

2.305

2.215

246

2,461

A

Other Days

---

Debtors, Remunds, Ou punishment, Sick................

In Manufactories :—

Book-binding,

Printing.

349

14

363

Oakum-picking,

Coir-matting, Shoe-making,

Tailoring,

998939

40

123

129

40

74

7

30

1,018

1,018

15,428.40 8,850.40 91,314.60

40

95

95

11,362.00

40

31

31

3.707.60

40

59

30

59

10.644.10

Weaving,...

40

1,076.40

Gardening,

40

10

10

1,196.00

Net-making, String-making, and Ships"

30

K6

36

7,714.20

fender-making.

Tiusmithing.

10

46

46

5.501.60

In Building :-

Carpentering and Fitting,

40

42

42

5,023.20

In Service of the Prison :—

Laundry,

40

130

211*

25,235.60

Cooking,

-10

45

16

61

7,295.60

Clenning.

40

NG

9

9.5

11,362.00

Whitewashing...

40

36

10

46

5,501.60

Toml,

2,1-1

224

2,105

215,394.40

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

Tu Manufactories :—

Rate.

Book-binding,

Printing,

40 cents per diem,

40

11

Husk-beating,

40

Oakum-picking,

30

י

Coir-making,

40

1

Shoe-making,

40

1

Tailoring,

40

..

Weaving.

40

་་

Net-making, string and fender-making,

30

20

In Builling

Bricklaying,

Carpentering and Fitting,

Painting,

lu Service of the Prizoni ;——

Laundry,

Cooking,

Cleaning,

Whitewashing,

40

40

"

40

:: 3

40

*

40

*

40

40

*No charge is made for prison labour for official work done for other Government Departments.

*

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