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are

Council are of opinion that Rule 288 should stand as it is. When reporting on this particular point,

Major General Gordon wrote as follows:-

unanimously of

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"I think Rule 288 is

- very desirable. Our long sentence

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prisoners

or men-

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are

generally pirates of desperate character,

likely to attempt escape. We have but few guards. On the

have but few guards A long sentence chain-gang prisoner who has completed

one third of his sentence and may hope to earn another third remission,

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is not so

"

an

likely to attempt

prisoner

escape, as a

with a long term of

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imprison

2.

of

:sonment before him".

The members of Council entirely agree with this opinion, and

I trust you will therefore withdraw the objection to the Rule,

and