CO129-177 - Sir Kennedy Acting Governor Austin Lieut Governor Hennessy - 1877 [1-5] — Page 475

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of punishments allotted to prisoners under sentence from the Supreme Court or the Magistracy.

1. Dietary

(a) Prisoners on penal diet are compelled to do every day a certain amount of moderately hard work, such as, say, Oakum picking to the extent of from ½ lb to 1 lb each day.

(b) The practice of allowing 1 lb of pork per week in addition to the regular diet for Prisoners sentenced to 3 years penal servitude and upward is to be discontinued.

(c) In no case are any provisions beyond what are contained in the New Dietary scale to be supplied to any prisoner without authority of the Colonial Surgeon.

2. Punishments under sentences from the Supreme Court and the Magistracy.

(a) The investigations which the Gaol Committee instituted into this class of punishments having led to the belief that the Chinese are averse to Oakum picking and indifferent to shot drill. You are instructed to apportion these punishments accordingly, making Oakum picking...

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of punishments allotted to prisoners under sentence from the Supreme Court or the Magistracy. 1. Dietary (a) Prisoners on penal diet are compelled to do every day a certain amount of moderately hard work, such as, say, Oakum picking to the extent of from ½ lb to 1 lb each day. (b) The practice of allowing 1 lb of pork per week in addition to the regular diet for Prisoners sentenced to 3 years penal servitude and upward is to be discontinued. (c) In no case are any provisions beyond what are contained in the New Dietary scale to be supplied to any prisoner without authority of the Colonial Surgeon. 2. Punishments under sentences from the Supreme Court and the Magistracy. (a) The investigations which the Gaol Committee instituted into this class of punishments having led to the belief that the Chinese are averse to Oakum picking and indifferent to shot drill. You are instructed to apportion these punishments accordingly, making Oakum picking...
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of punishments allotted to prisoners under sentence from the Supreme_ Court or the Magistracy.

1. Dietary

Prisoners

(a)

on

penal diet are

compelled to do

to be

every day a certain amount of moderately hard work,

such as

say

Kum picking

to

the extent of from 1/2 tt to 1 tb

each day.

( 6. ) The practice of allowing 1lt of pork per week in addition to

Chinese

the regular diet for Prisoners sentenced to 3 years _ penal servitude and upward

is to be discontinued.

(C.) In no case are

any provisions

do

473

beyond what are contained in __ the New Dietary scale to be -supplied to any prisoner.

-without authority of the bolonial Surgeon.

2. Punishments under sentences from

the Supreme Court and the Magistracy.

(a) The investigations which the

Gaol Committee instituted into

that.

this class of punishments having led to the belied strongly

the Chinese are

to Oakum picking

and

averse

indifferent to shot drill. You are instructed to apportion these punishments accordingly,

· mathing Oathum picking

·

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