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Paragraph 5. The Superintendent of Prisons is making
arrangements to recruit his Indian staff in future through the
Hong Kong Police direct from India.
Paragraph 6. This has been adopted, and extended to
the European Prison staff.
Paragraph 7. With the opening early next year of the
new female prison at Laichikok it will be necessary to station
one European hospital supervisor at Laichikok to look after the
two prisons there. This will leave one at Victoria Gaol.
No reduction can therefore be made.
Paragraph 8. The recommendation has been carried out.
Paragraph 9. The Treasurer to whom the matter was
referred is fully satisfied as to the relative cheapness of Gacl
printing to printing by a private firm working for profit.
Paragraph 10. The proportion of prisoners convicted for petty offences is very small; for instance only 1% of the
prison population is in gaol for hawking offences, of which there are many kinds. The public would be the first to complain if
police action was not taken against the commission of petty
offences. The question of binding over first offenders
and requiring them to report at regular intervals has recently
been dealt with by the Juvenile Courts Committee, and is bound
up with the question of Probation Officers and a Reformatory.
Both these matters are receiving the close attention of
Government. Habitual offenders have always been treated as
such. Banishment procedure is as expeditious as possible.
"Long procedure" is in the interests of the suspect.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT:
Paragraph 2. A vacancy has recently occurred in the
Bacteriological
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