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Dr. MARQUES.--I was originally appointed Acting Superintendent of the Civil Hospital, then Assistant Superintendent and afterwards I was appointed Resident Surgeon of the Lock Hospital. Then I was appointed Medical Officer of the Gaol. I was appointed by Lord DERBY in 1883 for the Lock Hospital, and I was transferred in 1887 to the Gaol. My appointment has never been confirmed, because I never applied.
Dr. PRESTON.—Are you entitled to a pension?
Dr. MARQUES.-I do not know.
THE PRESIDENT.--It is a mistake on your part in not having a written agreement. Have you a private practice?
Dr. MARQUES.No. I sometimes give assistance in l'olice cases. poor people in the town, but that is merely out of charity.
I attend some
Dr. CANTLIE.With the time at your disposal after doing the Gaol, could you do the Civil Hospital ?
Dr. MARQUES.-No; because I leave the Gaol about twelve o'clock going there about nine. If I had to attend at the Civil Hospital the daily routine of the Gaol would be upset. I could not attend the Gaol in the afternoon because the prisoners have to be examined for punishment in the morning. The work of the Gaol must be done in the forenoon. The prisoners are reported in the morning if they are unfit for work, and sometimes I send them back to the same work, sometimes to lighter work and sometimes to the hospital. The prisoners would like to be examined in the afternoon, because they would be off work all the morning.
Mr. THURBURN.-How many prisoners are there to be examined every morning? Does it take three hours?
Dr. MARQUES.—Yes; it depends on the number to be examined. Any prisoner that will report himself sick must be examined, forty or fifty would be the average. There is a good deal of malingering.
Dr. CANTLIE.-How many floggings have you?
Dr. MARQUES.--Sometimes two or three a day; perhaps twenty a month. The floggings take place after the work is over. Every prisoner is examined before flogging.
Dr. CANTLIE.Is there anything you could suggest in the direction of re-arranging the work of the Gaol ?
· Dr. MARQUES.—I would like to suggest the training of a turnkey to take the place of one of the warders when required. Last month the warder had fever and applied for leave and we could not get a substitute. We had to apply to the Civil Hospital. One was sent, but, I believe, not without causing some inconvenience in the service of that establishment. A new man, untrained, could not do the work. We have at present acting as assistant warder a turnkey. We want one really well-trained dispenser. Mr. FLORES, the wardmaster, gets $55 a month and he has free quarters. He keeps also the books. The assistant wardmaster lives outside at East Point.
Dr. CANTLIE.-What leave do you get?
Dr. MARQUES.--If I go on leave I must get some one to do my work. I I am entitled, I believe, to twelve months' leave after every five years. I have been in the Govern- ment service fourteen years, and have never applied for leave. I have been off duty a couple of days. The Government would not put some one in my place as substitute if I went on holiday. I cannot suggest any re-arrangement of the duties at the Gaol with- out interfering with the daily routine. There is no stipulation in my agreement that I an not to take private practice.
THE PRESIDENT.-You only order diet for the prisoners when they arc sick?
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