CO129-063 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [4-7] — Page 417

This will be a

great~

alleviation to a growing embarrassment,-

the

accumulation of prisoners Jail has become a

in our

source

of the greatest

inconvenience and

ence and expense-

demanding

loo,

I fear,

a

large outlay for the extension

of prisons-accommodation Cam sorry to say

that

in the Straits settlements,

whether from the lavity of the police or the facilities offered to escape, it appears from the official returns

that no less than 25 Chinese

convicts esca,

escoped from.

а

Penang between august

and

411

41856

april 1857, of whom 6 -

on the 2nd april

got away

and 10, on the 13th April.

I earnestly hope

that

the opening which Labuan.

appears to afford may disappointi

not

I have had some

Correspondence.

ondence with Mr.

Spencer M. John, the Consul General of Borneo, who states

that the Sultan would

be dis

disposed

to receive a

certain number of chinese

Cmigrants, but the -