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discipline and supervision is concerned. During the East fivelve

aund

mouths, 23 men have been appouited to the Gave staff to fill up vacancies caused by dismissal

resignation, principally the Eather. Men arrive in the Colony and seek emplapment; failing

come to the Gaol under the weekly

first to do so, they

and

engage

monthly system and remain

Øy

until it suits their own convenience

to leave. Some of our best and most experienced officers have resigned,

having obtained emplopment in the Chinese Custom, Public Works - Department

& where they get far better pay.

cannot be

The Gaol discipline

mamitanied

properly

account of these constant changes,

Just

as

men have been taught

their duty

ad

Turnkeys they send in

their

*

resignation

or convuit the uretres

so as to be dismissed.

I would call oftention

Enclosure to * C.3.0 1846 of 1889 in which General

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Gordon and I called attention to

1 just a year ago,

the subject, this was

having 35 Europeans shows that something should be done to prevent these

and the fact of 23 appointmento

in been made mi a staff of

constant changes and to provide better men who will remainin the service and not make the Gool merely as a kind of fotel for the time being.

I have

biqued / F. 6. Dempster.

Acting Supernitendent.

Ion : Mr. M. Deane, que.

Act. Colonial Secretary.

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