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Questions.
XI. What was'the annual amount of the
prisoners' earnings dm-ing 1902-1903 ?
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Answers.,
Taking an average of the number of
prisoners employed on Public W o r k s and valuing [
their labour at4Jcp. per m a n per diem, the
value of the services of the convicts during the" <
year m a y be put at £281 6s. fc£cp.' T h e esti-.
matgd value of the labour of prisoners employed
on industrial .work (shoe-makings tailoring/"
weaving, dyeing, carpeutei-iug*, brush-making,
stocking making and baking) is £1,216 ls. 3cp.
T h e amount derived from the sale of broken
stone to Municipalities and paid into the
Treasury was nil.
2304 cubic yards of broken stone were
supplied to the Public W o r k s Department for
which no paymeut was received. ' ' '"
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Total .;*..V.' £1,497 8s: Ofcp. - """ '-'
XIT. W h a t are the number of the hours
allotted for sleep? A n d , if sleep is in associa–
tion, are the dormitories lighted; and h o w
often are they patrolled during the night?
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In winter 10 hours, in s u m m e r 8 hours.
Sleep is in association in the District Prisons.
The passages, corridors and wards are well
lighted. They are constantly patrolled during
the.night, and are visited frequently and at
uncertain horns by the Goveruor ofthe Prison.
Each prisoner sleeps in a separate cell in
the Ceutrat Prison. „., . ... _'..,."... .. - -.
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O n e warder is stationed iu each corridor
or (in the Central Prison) Block. <•->•-•--• - •**
- XIII. W h a t were the number and nature
of the punishments intlicted for offences com–
mitted by prisoners undergoing imprisonment?
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Solitary confinement, with bread
and water 1 to (> days
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Solitary confinement 1 to 9 days 1
Bread and water 1 to 7 davs 734
Dark Cell
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Crank labour 1 to 3 days
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X I V . Is there, or are there, any Chaplain
or Chaplains of any, and what, religious
persuasions ?
X V . Are religious services regularly, or;
otherwise, performed for the benefit ofthe
prisoners of any, and. if any, what, religious
persuasion
There are no Chaplains attached to the
prisons. Priests • of all denominations are
admitted at the request of :he prisoners.
In the District Prisons no religious services
are held. The Greek Christians confess and
receive the sacrament on their chief religious
festivals, lu tho Central Prison a service for
Moslems is held on Fridays and on alternate
Simdays a Priest attends aud ministers to the
members of the Greek Church.
' X V I . Are R o m a n Catholic Priests and
Dissenting Ministers allowed free access to
prisoners of rheir own persuasion? and are they
apprised when prisoners of their respective
persuasions enter the prisou?
Access is allowed to priests of all denomi–
nations. They are not apprised when prisoners
are admitted, but notice would be given if
prisoners expressed a wish to see them.