CO129-099 - Sir Robinson - 1864 [6-8] — Page 205

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10%

from the records in

the Jails there. Since their transfer to the Shikarpoor Jail in 1852 mutil,

4.

the

present date, they have, as far

I am able to ascertain

from

the

records, conducted themselves uniformly well. They appear never to have been

furnished for any breach of discipline, and from their having

been allowed by successive Officers in Charge of the Jail certain

indulgences and

privileges

as you

are

aware

which

recently called

severe strictures from the Inspector General

of Prisons,

and were disallowed under his

instructions, I gather that there

A

202

Prisoners have always behaved so as to merit the favour of the officers

in Charge of the Jail.

It was

by these three

men

and their fellow Chinese prisoners who were

discharged

on the

expiry

of

their sentences, that all the different

trades and manufactures

carried

on so successfully in the Jail Factory were introduced and taught to the Sindhee Prisoners. They are most laborious, painstaking

and generally good

workmen, and are

well-tempered and amenable to discipline. I am fully persuaded, from careful observation, that any natural depravity ever existed

if

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10% from the records in the Jails there. Since their transfer to the Shikarpoor Jail in 1852 mutil, 4. the present date, they have, as far I am able to ascertain from the records, conducted themselves uniformly well. They appear never to have been furnished for any breach of discipline, and from their having been allowed by successive Officers in Charge of the Jail certain indulgences and privileges as you are aware which recently called severe strictures from the Inspector General of Prisons, and were disallowed under his instructions, I gather that there A 202 Prisoners have always behaved so as to merit the favour of the officers in Charge of the Jail. It was by these three men and their fellow Chinese prisoners who were discharged on the expiry of their sentences, that all the different trades and manufactures carried on so successfully in the Jail Factory were introduced and taught to the Sindhee Prisoners. They are most laborious, painstaking and generally good workmen, and are well-tempered and amenable to discipline. I am fully persuaded, from careful observation, that any natural depravity ever existed if
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10%

from the records in

the Jails there. Since their transfer to the Shikarfoor Jail in 1852 mutil,

4.

the

present date, they have, as for

I am able to ascertain

prom

the

as

records, conducted themselves uniforms, well. They affear never to have been

breach of fail

funished for any "discipline, and from their having

been allowed by succession Officers Charge of the fail certain

in

indulgences and

as

you

forch

are

privileges

aware

which

recently called

severe strictures from "Inspector General

of Prisons,

the

and wire disallowed under his

instructions, I gather that there

A

202

مم

Prisoners have always behaved as to overit the favor of the officers

Charge of the Jail.

in

It was

by these three

meu

and their fellow Chinese prisoners discharged

who were

of

the

expiry

their sentences, that all the different

trades and manufactures

carried

Mow Car

the

on so successfully in Jail Factory were introduced and taught to the Sindee Prisoners.- They are most laborious feinstaking

courally good

workmen, and are

tempered and amenable to _ -discipline. I am fully perenaded. from careful observation that any natural depravity ever existed

if

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