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of Justice of the Peace in Wonghong, and
a return showing the number of visits
he has paid to the Gaol.
の
2.
The
only functions of the unpaid Justices of the Peace in this Colony are those they perform as Visiting Justices of the Gaol. M. Keswick appears to have been appointed in 1867, but - doubtless from the pressure of his business avocations - he has not been able to act as Visiting Justice on an average twice each year. Furthermore, the only suggestions he has ever favoured me with, either in public or in private, respecting prison discipline and the treatment of criminals showed that his time had been so fully occupied with other matters that he evidently had not had leisure to devote much consideration to the important questions that a Visiting Justice of the Hongkong Gaol might be expected to deal with. His suggestions have been in the direction of inflicting special and degrading punishments on the Chinese. To some extent, his influence kept up the branding system, which led to an increase of crime.
3.
Apart from his decided views about the Chinese and the treatment of native criminals, there is not a more estimable gentleman in the Colony than Mr. Keswick. If an unpaid Justice had anything whatever to do except to visit
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153
of Justice of the Peace in Wonghong, and
a return showing the number of visits
he has paid to the Gaol.
の
2.
The
only functions of the unpaid Justices of the Peace in this
as
Colony are those they perform Visiting Justices of the Gaol. M. Keswick appears to have been appointed in 1867, but - doubtless from the pressure of his
business avocations- he has not been
able to act as
Visiting Justice
on an
average
tivice each Furthermore the only
year.
suggestions he has ever
with, either in
public
favoured
me
or in private, respecting prison discipline and the treatment of criminals showed that ~ his time had been so fully occupied ~
with other matters that he evidently
not had leisure to devote much
had
consideration to the important questions that a Visiting Justice of the Hongkong Gaol might be expected to deal with. His suggestions have been in the direction
·
on
of inflicting special and degrading punishments extent to his influence the branding
the Chinese. To some
system, which led to
crime, was
3.
an increase
of.
Kept up for so many years.
Apart from his decided views
about the Chinese and the treatment of native criminals, there is not
a more
estimable gentleman in the Colony than Mr. Keswick. If an unpaid Justice had anything whatever to do except to visit
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