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fully established in the bad-

I think it desirable that-

fetters

should be

worn at the

discretion of the Superintendent.

self I Dempster, Major Act: Superintendent.

My opinion

25:3:89.

on this

ect remains the same.

subject.

as ex

me in the

expressed by first paragraph of my

of 28th September 1888

viz.

letter

opinion fetters should,

In

my

"be worn

by

all

long ser

sentence

"Prisoners whether on chain

"gang or not, except in the " case of "whore fetters would interfere

well conducted Prisoners

"with the industrial work

"they are employed in

in such cases the Superintendent- "should have power to remove...

"the fetters. This is I believe.___

the

This is

news hom!

561

! " the practice in most Prisons

"at home and in the "Colonies" It is so in the

(

" neighbouring Colony of "Singapore!

I should add that

I n not aware

arrr

of any

other British possession

where convicts are not Rept-

in irons

generally

I think

heavier than the pattern

in use here, and as such Prisoners in Hong Kong

are mostly

Gad

in associated

wards, the security of chain

becomes still more necessary

than elsewhere.

59 A. Gordon Act: Supt. of Police

25-5-89.