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dation. Of the latter only two have been admitted; they were CHAP. XIX. 

 not allowed to associate or work with the adults. PkTsons 



All prisoners on arrival are considered on probation and liable 



to the discipline of the separate system for such period as the -^^'^cplme. 

 Superintendent may direct, but in no instance for less than three 

 months, except in the case of prisoners who have less than six 

 months of their imprisonment to undergo, or have already 

 undergone three months of their sentence elsewhere, or solitary 

 confinement as part of their sentence. On expiry of the 

 probationary term, convicts work in association under the super- 

 intendence and control of European warders. They are required 

 to rise at 6 in the morning on week days, and are employed 

 in cleaning their cells and the corridor, &c., up to 7 o'clock, when 

 they are allowed into the yards for washing and exercise. At 

 7-30 A.M. they return to their cells for breakfast and remain 

 locked up until 8 o'clock. They then go to the worksheds and are 

 kept steadily and industriously at labour of various descriptions 

 until about 1 o'clock. They then retire to their cells for dinner 

 and are locked up for an hour. At 2 p.m. work is resumed in 

 the yards and continued till 5 o'clock. Half an hour is allowed 

 for the afternoon exercise, and at 5-30 the prisoners are confined 

 for the night after their evening meal is served to them. On 

 Sundays convicts are allowed three hours exercise in the yards in 

 the forenoon and two in the afternoon. For the rest of the day 

 they are confined to their cells. 



None . of the convicts are employed on extramural work. — inf^ustiies. 

 At present the intermural labour consists chiefly of weaving, coir 

 mat making, rattaning, shoemaking, and beating out the fibre 

 from the cocoanut husk, which latter has been recently substi- 

 tuted for stone-breaking. Other industries, as saddlery, carpentry, 

 &c., for which a convict may be specially qualified, are occasionally 

 introduced when there is a demand for such labour. All the 

 jail work, such as sweeping out the yards, white and yellow 

 washing the premises, cooking, tailoring, and the like, are done by 

 the convicts themselves, except privy conservancy, which devolves 

 on native convicts sent for that purpose from the neighbouring 

 district jail. All prisoners are eligible for employment as cooks, 

 for such period and at such times as the keeper may direct. 

 The sale-proceeds on account of manufactures amounted in 1877 

 to Rupees 2,569-1-11, yielding a net profit to Government of 

 Rupees 31-12-11 per head of effectives. 



The ordinary diet of the convicts is as follows: — —diet. 



,. f Bread, 18 ounces. 



XTT T \ i Potatoes, 1 pound. 



Wednesday, i r, / • i- e ai j. n 



' \ boup (consisting of 4| ounces meat. 3 ounces 



p ' i potatoes, and 1 ounce dholl, 1 ounce onions). 



' • ■ i^Snet Pudding (5 ounces flour and | ounce suet). 



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