CO129-289 - Individuals - 1898 — Page 141

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It would be extremely expensive to provide sufficient jail accommodation for the large number of Chinese prisoners admitted as a result of the effective enforcement of their necessities in hard times. With this view, anyone who knows the Chinese will agree that if a large jail is built, it will not be long before it is full to overflowing. I therefore recommend that the punishment of imprisonment be made as discouraging as possible and that, to begin with, a jail sufficient to accommodate 50 persons only be established.

The head of the police should discharge the duties of superintendent. An officer should act as chief warder and the other prison warders should be selected from the police.

The prison should be situated at headquarters, where the Resident Commissioner resides.

In addition to the main prison...

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##It would be extremely expensive to provide sufficient jail accommodation for the large number of Chinese prisoners admitted as a result of the effective enforcement of their necessities in hard times. With this view, anyone who knows the Chinese will agree that if a large jail is built, it will not be long before it is full to overflowing. I therefore recommend that the punishment of imprisonment be made as discouraging as possible and that, to begin with, a jail sufficient to accommodate 50 persons only be established.The head of the police should discharge the duties of superintendent. An officer should act as chief warder and the other prison warders should be selected from the police.The prison should be situated at headquarters, where the Resident Commissioner resides.In addition to the main prison...
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