372
by organized bodies of robbers and pirates
Stone cullers Island it would be necessary to re
like that which was made on
Winglok Street And in the necessity to Continue
stacis
Enough of the present
Victaua
gaol
to
three years ago, in use the greater portion of the present gaol in Victoria for the detention such prisoners as those on remand, or prisoners undergoing trial,
1.
of
2
ad
as well of prisoners under short sentences few days and Simple Security prisoners the constant transport of offenders of this kind, to and fro, across the harbour would cause inconvenience and delay, and be altogether
impossible in rough weather, which during the South West monsoon sometimes lasts for
several days.
7. It has already been officially stated by the present gaol Superintendent in Hong Kong
that even in the Event of a new prison
on
Lovers
hold as
high a number as two hundred prisoners
of the classes set forth in the preceding
paragraph. If this be so, it would be wiser,
instead of selling off any portion, to retain the
whole of
for
Victoria gaol, and to use it,
for all
hard-labour prisoners, that is for prisoners under
going the first or actively punitive stages of their
incarceration.
And to make the proposed new
Establishment at Stonecutter's Island purely a
Penitentiary for life convicts and those condemned
to more or
long
terms
of penal servitude.
If this idea were carried out it would avert an
Enormous outlay because the Penitentiary would
not require to be so
large and costly
as
the
General prison Originally proposed and shewn in
372
by organized bodies of robbers and pirates
Stone cullers Island it would be necessary to re
like that which was made on
Winglok Street And in the necessity to Continue
stacis
Enough of the present
Victaua
gaol
to
three years ago, in use the greater portion of the present gaol in Victoria for the detention such prisoners as those on remand, or prisoners undergoing trial,
1.
of
2
ad
as well of prisoners under short sentences few days and Simple Security prisoners the constant transport of offenders of this kind, to and fro, across the harbour would cause inconvenience and delay, and be altogether
impossible in rough weather, which during the South West monsoon sometimes lasts for
several days.
7. It has already been officially stated by the present daol Superintendent in Hong Kong
that even in the Event of a new prison
on
hold as
Lovers
high a number as two hundred pri-
of the classes set forth in the preceding
paragraph. If this be so, it would be wiser,
instead of selling off any portion, to retain the
whole of
for
Victoria gaol, and to use it,
for all
hard-Labous prisoners, that is for prisoners under
= going the first or actively punitive stages of their
and to make the proposed new
incarceration.
Establishment at Stonecutter's Island purely a
Penitentiary for life convicts and chose condemned
to more ar
Lead long
terms
of penal servitude.
If this idea were carried out it would avert an
Enormous outlay because the Penitentiary wonts
not require to be to
large and costly
the
ad
General prison Originally proposed and shewn in
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