CO129-209 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [5] — Page 344

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of prisoners confined in Gaol for each month of the year from 1876 to 1882.

Although the daily average still keeps high owing to the longer sentences awarded, yet the admissions have not been less during 1882 than during the three previous years 1881, 1880, and 1879.

The conduct of the prisoners has been generally good. Corporal punishment has been resorted to but once during the past year for breach of Gaol discipline, the recipient being a very badly conducted and violent prisoner.

I have found Chinese prisoners easier to control than the English convicts at home, and the knowledge that the Superintendent in conjunction with a visiting Justice has power to flog, is almost sufficient to keep the badly conducted prisoners in order.

The number of Gaol offences may appear bright, but 2/3rds of them are trivial such as talking and quarrelling in the cells, for which class of offences would naturally cease if each prisoner slept in his own cell.

The most deterrent mode of punishing Chinese is to keep them separate from each other and therefore I hail with pleasure the possibility of the construction

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of prisoners confined in Gaol for each month of the year from 1876 to 1882. Although the daily average still keeps high owing to the longer sentences awarded, yet the admissions have not been less during 1882 than during the three previous years 1881, 1880, and 1879. The conduct of the prisoners has been generally good. Corporal punishment has been resorted to but once during the past year for breach of Gaol discipline, the recipient being a very badly conducted and violent prisoner. I have found Chinese prisoners easier to control than the English convicts at home, and the knowledge that the Superintendent in conjunction with a visiting Justice has power to flog, is almost sufficient to keep the badly conducted prisoners in order. The number of Gaol offences may appear bright, but 2/3rds of them are trivial such as talking and quarrelling in the cells, for which class of offences would naturally cease if each prisoner slept in his own cell. The most deterrent mode of punishing Chinese is to keep them separate from each other and therefore I hail with pleasure the possibility of the construction Page 1 (No further text is provided after "construction" and "ཡ་ས་ཏཡཿཡན" appears to be unrelated to the content, likely being a remnant of an OCR error or unrelated text.)

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of prisoners confined in Gaol for

yoor

each month of the from 1876 to 1882.

Although the daily

aver ago

still keeps high owing to the longer

sentences awarded, yet the

e admissions.

to Ânot have been less during 1882 us

than during the three previous

years 1881, 1880 and 1879.

has been

The conduct of the prisoners been generally good. Corporal punishment has been resorted to,

but once during the past

year for

breach

Gaol discipline, the

, recipient being a very badly

conducted and violent prisoner.

I have found Chinese

to Control

prisoners than the English convicts at

home

and

340

15"

and the knowledge that the Superintendent in conjunction with a visiting dustice has power to flog, is almost sufficient to keep the badly

conducted prisoners in order.

Gaol, offences may

The number

appear bright, but 2/3rds of

are trivial such as

them

talking,

and quarrelling in the cells, fo which class of offences would

naturally cease

if each prisoner

slept in his own cell.

the most deterrent

mode of punishing

Chines

is to keep them separate from each other and therefore I hail with pleasure the possibility of the

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