CO129-256 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1892 [8-12] — Page 568

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Petitionere urge that there is your necessity for kuch an expenditure upon the ground of health, the Report, ctated the tillbarch 1892, of M. 2. F. Hourquez, the dovedioal officer of the kave, showing the work done in the guol Hospital in 1891, frover this, where it in that Report nothing tending to uneasiness or alarm on this point, whilst on the contrary, it is Recicduring to observe in the report of the Colonial Surgeon dated the St. June 1890 (Guzette of 19th November 1892, page 912) the statement of that official that

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better off than out of it, and in a good many other things, food lodging and clothing to in the majority of carez. I Marquez is to be Congratulated on being able to

to give good report of the health of the prisoners in epite of the over-crossding."

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It is pouredly necessary to point out to your Excellency that there are the reports of~ officials of long standing and great experience in the lolony, and your detitioners Rubuit that | it may be Raid without any exaggeration that the kaal is notorionely healthy.

Secondly. Your ctitionerz kubmit that" there is no necessity for such expenditure

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over eroriding.. In the opinion of Mr Marques (Gazette of 196 November 1892 page 956) the best remedy for overcrowding se emigration. that official there states Moy longer experience "in dealing with prisoners does not change the "belief which I have stated in the previour reports "that the best and the simplest remedy for over-crording

1 is to favour free emigration of Ex convicts to newly

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work house for the destitute and mendicants". And the Colonial Surgeon in his above mentioned report keys (Gazette of 197 November 1898 page 912) "The Western theories as regards

sanitation ure in many cakes at a discount regards the chineze, and the over-crowding theory is amongst them."

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In connection with this point your Petitioners beg to point out to your Excellency that the daily average number of prisoners for

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year 1891 war Considerably lower than it waz in 1890, and it was actually lower than it has

been

for the last ten years (Gazette of 196 November 1892 page 911) It is true that it is there stated that there wak in 1891 an increake in the number of admissions to Gact, but, as to thie, the Colonial Rungeon there Ray's "The opium

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and Gambling Ordinances are responsible for the greater portion of this increare

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