CO129-256 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1892 [8-12] — Page 569

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admissions. It is herever satisfactory

spite of the increase of admissions the daily average number of prisoners in Gaol is considerably less than all the previous nine yeare thoring a large diminution in absoluti crime and the very large proportion of term prisoners. Opium kmoking and gambling will never be eradicated from the Chineze by

on the Rame principle every body England in possession of alcoholic liquor, and caught gambling 9fere imprisoned fined the Badle would not hold them_ xxx** ots for the gamblers not one in a hundred iz inverting more than a few cents at a time, and crime does not appear to be more rampant in Macao where

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the leolonial Petitioners most cordially agree

Surgeon your

and beg to Ruggest two Courzez, either of which if adopted, would.

Petitioners feel convind your Considerably reduce the number of prisoners; namely: | (a) the Magistrates at present inflict

considerable finer in convictions under the above ordinances, the parties Convicted are unable to pay such hearn umounts, and Consequently have to ge to Gaol of the deagistrated were to inflic Ruch fines

at the parties could afford to pay, the latter would do ko, and be discharged.

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(b) Some arrangement might in all probability

be made for sending juvenile chinese boy prisoners to the Roman Watholic Nest doint Reformatory.

Either of there Ruggestions would materially empty the Faol

hirdly. There is no necessity for Ruch an expenditure on

the ground

and that there is likely to be anymoreare of Crime in the

Prime in the future which would tay their limits. the capacities of the present Gool beyond.) On the contrary there are very reasonable grounds for supposing that the heavier clare of crime iz diminishing dr. Marquee (it already pointed out) says (Gazette of 10th November 1892 page 956) that a large number ofpritonere are in the Gaol because they cannot get food outside, and he adds there are no doubt dangerous

charadenz, men.

men of

•of criminal typer in this Gad, but "they are few" and the Colonial Rurgeon's report above quoted prover that there is "a large diminution

absolute crime" and very large proportion of short term prisoners.

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In further proof that verione crime is

detitioners beg to quote the opinion dinunishing your of the A. Me. Thomson, the doting Superintendent of the Gaol for 1891. do his report, dated the ordanuary 1892, that official Rays there has been a decreare in the~

"average number of prisoners confined in the Gaol, the number being 50% as compared with 566 in 1890. this horsever has been accompanied by a large increase in the number of ad

admizzione, the numbers being 5221 and 3,444 respectively, from which it now be inferred that the number of shant Rentence prizoners is increasing and the number of long kendence prisoners is decreating.

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