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Questions.
Answers.
V. H o w are the prisoners classified?
VI. Is penal labour—that is, labour by
treadmill, crank, or shot drill—in force?
VII. If so, (a) during what periods of
imprisonment, (b) in respect of what classes of
prisoners, (c) and during how many hours, is
such penal labour enforced? In stating hours
of treadwheel labour, give,first,the total time
on and off at the wheel, &c.; secondly, the
length of spells and intervals of rest.
, VIII. W h a t kind of labour, other than
penal labour, is in use ?
IX. If the prisoners are employed beyond
the walls of the gaol, state—
1. On what kind of wor.k they are so
employed?
Prisoners before trial.
Debtors.
Convicted prisoners
Penal labour is in force principally in tht
form of stone-breaking; treadmill cannot be re
sorted to owing to want of appliances. Cranl*
in force as punishment labour.
See answer to question No. VI.
(a). During all periods of imprisonmeni
in the Central Prison.
(b). All classes of prisoners in the Centra!
Prison excepting those sentenced to imprison–
ment onlv.
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(c). The usual number of hours for a day's
laboiu* to complete 10,000 revolutions.
Shoe-making, tailoring, tree-planting, car–
pentering, baking, washing, dyeing, masonry
weaving, brush and stocking making, concrete
cement pipe-making, stone-rdressing, white–
washing*, cleaning, road-making.
Cultivating Prison Farm, building; a iev,
convicts are employed on conservancy, fetch–
ing stone for stone-breaking and "carrying
awav manure from Police stables.
2. H o w are they supervised?
" 3. H o w m a n y escapes of prisoners, while
being employed beyond the gaol, have taken
place during each of the last three years ?
By prison warders and armed escorts o:
Police, and in one case bv a convict guard.
1903-1904, Nil.
1904-1905, Nil.
1905-1906, Nil.
4. H o w are the profits of their labour
accounted for ?
Profits are paid into the Treasury or are
accounted for by the Public Works Department
X. W h a t was the total annual cost of the
prisons during the year 1904-1905?
£ s. cp.
Nicosia. Central Prison ... 3,163 7 6
Larnaca
162 1 7
Limassoi
256 16 7
Papho
133 8 6
Kyrenia
87 7 3
Famagusta
303 8 8
Crown Agents accounts, etc. 604 7 0
General Total £4,710 18 1