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The transfer of prisoners at Stave Cutters Island to Victoria Gaol, forming a Central penal establishment for all the Colonial Criminals.
In that Despatch I entered into details of the general system of what I may call the criminal administration of the Colony which appeared most applicable to its special and exceptional circumstances, though I was at the time only enabled to speak of the arrangements as "essentially experimental", but I am now entitled to describe them as eminently successful.
The total average number of prisoners maintained by the Colony, including several sentenced by the Military and others imprisoned by Sentence of the Shanghai Court and Consular Authority elsewhere, has for some time been rather under 300 than above it - a most remarkable decrease from the total to which the number of prisoners had risen in October 1865, a few months before my arrival here.
If, however, this decrease in the number of prisoners had arisen from some exceptional and partial cause, applicable only temporarily, as for example an indiscriminate release of prisoners - a most questionable and even unsound salutary principle - that decrease of nearly 45 per cent in the number of prisoners might be a positive detriment to the public interests.
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The
prisoners at Stave Cutters
Island to Victoria Gaol, shin forming
Central penal establishment for all the Colonial Cariviel
2.
In that Despatch I entered into details of the general system of what I may call the criminal administration of the Colony which appeared most applicable to its
special and exceptional circumstan
was at the time havever
ances
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enly
enabled to
speare of the
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laken as
being
"essentially experimental"," but I am now
entitled to describe them
successful.
3.
The total
average
as
eminently
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mumber of prisoners
maintained by the Colony including several
sentenced by the Military and exters imprisond
Para. 25-
by Sentence of stie Shanghai Court and...
Consular Aucherity
elsewhere has for
sove
time been rather under 300 than abou it
a most remarkable decrease from the tatal te which the number of frisauers had
of 296 to
rism in Octolo 1865, a few martes before
Any
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arrical here.
If however this decrease in the mumber of prisaims had arisen from
exceptional
an sans
in its nature and
partial in
applicable only temporarily, as for example an indiscriminate release of prisoners
M
-fired salutary principle, that decrease
of nearly 45 per cent in the mumle of
puisaurs might be benefit, and even
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any questionable
a positive delinment to
The Public interests.
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