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enclosed in the bercular.

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These replies I now forward

and having, since the receipt (unavoidably

late) of these sent in by

given my

olle D Mr Dinglas,

best attention to the subject matter

(Stake of Gaol Discipline) I have now to

I make a

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ew remarks.

few

are the only

consideration

(R...

The live Gools. I have mentioned

ones to be included in

Lock

up"

my

though there is of necessity

" at the Central Police Station,

it is not of a nature to

a nature to be concerned with

of

general and elaborate system of Discipline, the prisoners being only confined there for

a few hours until brought before the

Meagistrate

がれる

the bench.

The Victoria Gool is for short

sentence men and Europeans, the large

majority of our prisoners here being of course Chinese. The New Gaol at Slone

Cutters Islands is a

whose sentence is 2

5.

assigned.

to Criminals

years

s and upwards.

And here I would note that

it must be borne in mind that the

Hoonghing Prisons are places of confinement

not so

much

for

the Colony itself

as

for

the Coast of China, owing to the inabiliti

or

unwillingness of the Chinese Government

to control it's own sul

repress Crimes

subjects or repress

of violence (such as firacy) within its proper jurisdiction.

6.

I think that

Q...

trial

of

the

Separate system may be made at Stone

Cutters' Island, at least, and steps shall