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staff in his despatch 81.75 of the 11th of April 1877. I caused a list to be made of the Turnkeys and Guards employed at the date of his despatch with extracts from the Gaol Books showing any offences recorded against them; and I have the honour to lay a copy of return before Your Lordship.
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Though the majority of these Officers had been convicted of drunkenness on duty or of assaulting prisoners, and in some instances fined repeatedly for such conduct, yet I found them all in the Government employment, and constituting the Gaol Staff on my arrival on 15th April 1877.
3.
The demoralization of the Gaol staff may always be traced to various causes.
The theory having been adopted here that no Chinese should be employed on this duty, the authorities appear to have been driven to select such Europeans as had been discharged from ships or turned out of other employment. When I dismissed first-class Turnkey McCutcheon for having within the just nine months been twice guilty of drunkenness and five times guilty of striking prisoners, the latter offence having been committed by him twice since my arrival, the
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staff in his despatch 81.75 of the 11th
of April 1877. I caused a list to be
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made of the Turnkeys and Guards __ employed at the date of his
despatch with extracts from the ___ * Gaol Books showing any offences. " recorded against them; and I have
the honour to lay a copy of
return before Your Lordship.
の
2.
this
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Though the majority
of these Officers had been convicted
of drunkenness on
duty or of assaulting prisoners, and in some instances fined repeatedly for such conduct, yet
I found them all
in the Government employment, and constiterting the Gaol Staff
-on
my
15
77
of o
arrival.
3.
The demoralization of
the Gaol staff may
various causes.
always
be traced tom
The theory
theory having adopted
been adopted here that
no
Chinese should be employed on this
duty, the authorities
appear
to have
been driven to select such Europeans as had been discharged from ships turned out of other employment. When I dismissed first
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class Turnkey McCutcheon for having
within the just nine months been_
twise guilty of drunkenness and five times quilty of striking prisoners, the latter offence having been committed by him twice since
my arrival, the
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