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over the duties

of

that

Office

in the

It will

beginning of May last

last year. his Report that

be seen

from

discipline in the Gaol had been

lax

very previous to his arrival,

and that there had been a great want of system. This is not — surprising, considering that the temporary charge of the Gaol had been transferred several times __

recently from

one

another, none

have had

or

officer to

of whom

appear

to

any previous experience

training qualifying

them.

for

the

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the post. A consequence of the stricter enforcement of regulations

d

by General Gordon has been serious assault on himself in June last, which was shown by the _

enquiry

made at the time to have

bren, the result of a conspiracy, in

which upwards of 50 of the worst characters of the Gaol

were

concerned. (Vide paragraph 16).

The extra food given

2

to the Chain Gang referred to in

paragraph 22 of this Report, has

been discontinued since 8th February

last