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Questions.

V. How are the prisoners classified ?

VI. Is penal labour—that is, Inbour by tread-mill, crank, or shot-drill-in force?

VII.—If so, during what periods of imprisonments, in respect of what classes of prisoners, and during how many hours, is such peual labour enforced? In stating hours of tread-wheel labour, give, first, the total time on and off at the wheel, etc.; secondly, the length of spells and intervals of rest.

VIIL-What kind of labour, other than penal labour is in use?

IX. If the prisoners are employed beyond the walls of the Gaol, state-

1. On what kind of work they are so employed?

2. How are they supervised?

3. How many escapes of prisoners, while being employed beyond the Gaol, have taken place during each of the last three years?

4. How are the profits of their labour accounted

for?

X-What was the total nunual cost of the Prison during the year 1938 ?

Answers.

In classification their sentences and nationality are taken into consideration; they are classified as follows, viz. :-

Females.

Europeans, Indians, and Chinese.

Convicted adult prisoners.

Debtors.

Misdemeanants.

On remand and awaiting trial.

All the prisoners of the above classes are separated at night, and in the yards, so far as possible.

There is no tread-mill. Shot-drill, erank-labour, and carrying stone are no longer practised.

The hours of labour throughout the year are from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., one hour being allowed for the mid- day meal.

No work is usually performed on Saturday after- noous, Sundays, Xmas Day, Good Friday and Chinese New Year Day.

Out-door manual labour, including excavating, road making, anti-malarial and agricultural work; tailoring, shoe-making, painting, photography, weaving, not-making, carpentering, grass and coir mat making, rattan work, type casting, printing, book-binding, tinsmithing, washing, cleaning, garden. ing, and incideu:al repairs to the Prison buildings.

1. Detached parties are employed on excavating, road making, anti-malarial work, agricultural work, building and repairs.

2. By armed guards.

3. 1936 Nil.

1937 Nil. 1938 Nil.

4. Credited to Revenue.

The total expenditure of the Gaol in 1938 was $908.863,71 of which the sum of $4,029.00 was refunded for the subsistence of Military Court Martial prisoners, Debtors, &c., as follows :—

Debtors,

Consulate prisoners, Shanghui,

L'o.

Naval prisoners,.... Military prisoners,....

Tientsio,

A

$ 908.00 2,006.00

702.00

58.00

355.00

4,029.00

XI-What was the amount of the prisoners' earnings during 1938 ?

XII. What is the number of the hours allotted for sleep? And, if sleep is in association, are the dormi- tories lighted? and how often are they patrolled during the night?

$ 203,145.04

The average time allotted for sleep is about 11 hours in 24.

The cells of the Hong Kong Prison are artificially lighted throughout with independent switches for each pair of cells to illuminate when required.

The Female Prison is artificially lighted throughout. Wardresses patrol at night.