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Question IV in the

is as

IV in the prison statistics

follows:-

کو شو

number

IV. Tatting the average

Gaol, how many of prisoners in Gaol, how

" cubic feet of space

are there for

"each prisoner during the hours

"of sleep?

#

my

In the Blue Book for 1875 which predecessor transmitted to your... Lordship in despatch

of the 12364

24th August 1876, this question is

thus answered:

"The

་

daily average mumber of prisoners confined during the... " year 1875 was 374.06, (as against

"350.4 in the

eubie

previous year.)

space for each prisoner

The

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द

suhet

"during the hours of sleep

#

ہوگی

was

* 982.291 cubic feet ( us against. ___

1,048,801 cubic feet in the previous

year), if space in passages and " corridors be included in the

reasurement."

per. In the Blue Book for 1376, the answer

is :-

"

"The daily average

number of

prisoners confined during the

year 1876

was 439.60.

(as against

The

previous year.)

374.06 in the " cubic space for

Li

each

prisoner

during the hours of sleep was

" 564. 213 cubic feet ( as against -

"982,291 subic feet in the previous

" year), if space in passages

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